


IS_WRITABLE(1)                                     IS_WRITABLE(1)


NAME
       is_writable - Check for writability of a file.

SYNOPSIS
       is_writable [ -g ] file

DESCRIPTION
       is_writable  can  check  a file to see if a file is either
       writable by group or by all, returning either 0 if  it  is
       writable,  or  non-zero  if  it  is not.  is_writable also
       checks the parent  directories,  if  a  complete  path  is
       given, for writeability.  Options are:

       -g     Check for group writability as well as world.

BUGS
       The Andrew File System, or Mach, or the combination of the
       two, apparently plays games with stat(), the way I get the
       file  info, so it can report things as writable, when they
       aren't.





































                           Feb 3, 1992                          1


