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From: lca@spodv4.UUCP (Lars H Carlsson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Argument validity checking (addresses)
Summary: Just a remark :-)
Message-ID: <180@spodv4.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 90 08:52:49 GMT
References: <1990Jan18.175540.12131@wolves.uucp> <1891@gmdzi.UUCP> <1990Feb2.070437.2695@stb.uucp>
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In article <1990Feb2.070437.2695@stb.uucp>, michael@stb.uucp (Michael Gersten) writes:
> <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
> -- 
> 		Michael
> denwa!stb!michael anes.ucla.edu!stb!michael 
> "The 80's: Ten years that came in a row."


X/Open page ACCESS(2).1
"
...
	[EACCES]	Permission bits of the file mode do not permit
			the requested access.
...
"

	(there are access and access ;-)

LH