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─────Run-Time Library───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
  Include:   <io.h>      Required only for function declarations
             <errno.h>   Required only for definition of errno constants
 
  Syntax:    int _access( char *pathname, int mode );
             mode: 00 (existence)         04 (read permission)
                   02 (write permission)  06 (read & write permission)
 
  Returns:   0 if <pathname> has <mode>, or -1 if it does not have the
             given mode or if it does not exist.
             errno: EACCES, ENOENT
 
  See also:  _stat, _chmod, _utime, _open
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