Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sat Dec 1 20:46:54 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: access.2
Log Message:
New sentence, new line. Add articles.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 src/lib/libc/sys/access.2
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/access.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/access.2:1.28 src/lib/libc/sys/access.2:1.29
--- src/lib/libc/sys/access.2:1.28 Sat Dec 1 20:45:01 2012
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/access.2 Sat Dec 1 20:46:54 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: access.2,v 1.28 2012/12/01 20:45:01 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: access.2,v 1.29 2012/12/01 20:46:54 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)access.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/1/94
.\"
-.Dd May 3, 2010
+.Dd November 18, 2012
.Dt ACCESS 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -74,28 +74,29 @@ works the same way as
.Fn access
except if
.Fa path
-is relative. In that case, it is looked up from a directory whose file
+is relative.
+In that case, it is looked up from a directory whose file
descriptor was passed as
.Fa fd .
Search permission is required on
.Fa fd
-except if that file descriptor was open with
+except if that file descriptor was opened with the
.Dv O_SEARCH
-option.
+flag.
.Fa fd
can be set to
.Dv AT_FDCWD
-in order to specify current directory.
+in order to specify the current directory.
.Pp
The real user ID is used in place of the effective user ID
and the real group access list
(including the real group ID) are
used in place of the effective ID for verifying permission.
.Fn faccessat
-can use
+can use the
effective user ID and effective group ID if the
.Dv AT_EACCESS
-is passed in
+flag is passed in
.Fa flag .
.Pp
If a process has super-user privileges and indicates success for
