2 @section @code{faccessat}
5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/faccessat.html}
7 Gnulib module: faccessat
9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
12 This function is missing on some platforms:
13 glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8,
14 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw,
16 However, the replacement does not always take into account ACLs. Also,
17 it is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.
20 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
24 Other problems of this function:
27 There is an inherent race between calling this function and performing
28 some action based on the results; you should think twice before trusting
29 this function, especially in a set-uid or set-gid program.