<h1 id="access">ACCESS</h1>

<p>n = ACCESS (file)</p>

<p>Returns the access rights of a file. The string <code>file</code>

follows OS file naming conventions. The returned file permission number

<code>n</code> follows the permission pattern of the chmod() and stat()

system calls. The bits of <code>n</code> (in octal) are:</p>

<tr class="header">

<th style="text-align: center;">Bits</th>

<th style="text-align: left;">Permission</th>

<tr class="odd">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o4000</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">set user ID on execution</td>

<tr class="even">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o2000</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">set group ID on execution</td>

<tr class="odd">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o1000</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">sticky bit</td>

<tr class="even">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o400</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">read by owner</td>

<tr class="odd">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o200</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">write by owner</td>

<tr class="even">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o100</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">execute/search by owner</td>

<tr class="odd">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o40</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">read by group</td>

<tr class="even">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o20</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">write by group</td>

<tr class="odd">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o10</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">execute/search by group</td>

<tr class="even">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o4</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">read by others</td>

<tr class="odd">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o2</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">write by others</td>

<tr class="even">

<td style="text-align: center;">0o1</td>

<td style="text-align: left;">execute/search by others</td>

<h3 id="example">Example</h3>

<pre><code>IF ACCESS(&quot;/bin/sh&quot;) AND 0o4 THEN

PRINT &quot;Others can read the file&quot;

ENDIF</code></pre>