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From: michael@stb.uucp (Michael Gersten)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Argument validity checking (addresses)
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Date: 2 Feb 90 07:04:37 GMT
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<Sigh>. Guys, to find out if an address is valid or not, pass it to
access as a filename. It has to check for that being valid and in your
address, and you can see if it gives you EACCESS or not.

So there is a use for access() after all.

		Michael
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		Michael
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