diff options
| author | Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> | 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> | 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000 |
| commit | 421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae (patch) | |
| tree | 917cfa620e75d83fb4a5c6fe862fc1537b8aef8b | |
| parent | 9bfd3b4076a7b0dfd27ab22318e5113dc84fea28 (diff) | |
| download | src-421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae.tar.gz src-421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae.zip | |
access.2: Mention that lstat(2) should be used for symbolic links
access(), eaccess() and faccessat() will always dereference
symbolic links.
So add a note in the manual page, that lstat(2) should be
used in the case of symbolic links.
PR: 262895
Reviewed by: gbe, pauamma_gundo.com
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D44890
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libsys/access.2 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libsys/access.2 b/lib/libsys/access.2 index 1dab63afccde..91fe50a08cc4 100644 --- a/lib/libsys/access.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/access.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 30, 2021 +.Dd May 13, 2024 .Dt ACCESS 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ Likewise for .Dv R_OK and .Dv W_OK . +.Pp +.Fn access , +.Fn eaccess +and +.Fn faccessat +will always dereference symbolic links. +If the symbolic link itself needs to be referenced, +.Xr lstat 2 +should be used instead. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std .Sh ERRORS |