1KPSEACCESS(1) General Commands Manual KPSEACCESS(1)
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6 kpseaccess - determine whether a file can be accessed
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9 kpseaccess mode file
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12 Exit successfully if file can be accessed with the specified mode. The
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16 The difference between kpseaccess and test is that the latter looks at
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22 kpseaccess accepts the following options:
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24 --help Print help message and exit.
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34Kpathsea 6.3.0 1 March 2011 KPSEACCESS(1)