access

Description

The access() function verifies the existence of a path and/or file on the Policy Server host. path should contain a fully qualified name, starting with a forward slash character (/).

Not supported in Endpoint Privilege Management for Linux (EPM-L).

Syntax

result = access (path);

Arguments

path Required. String that contains the name of the path and/or file to verify.

Return Values

true	The directory or file exists on the Policy Server host.
false	The directory or file does not exist on the Policy Server host.

Example

In the example,

result = access ("/tmp/user.txt");

result contains true if /tmp/user.text exists on Policy Server host. result contains false if /tmp/user.text does not exist on the Policy Server host and is not accessible to the superuser.

See Also

logmktemp(), mktemp(), stat()