How can I determine if a file is read-only for my process on *nix?

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Published on 2012-09-23T21:29:18Z Indexed on 2012/09/23 21:37 UTC
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Using the stat function, I can get the read/write permissions for:

  • owner
  • user
  • other

...but this isn't what I want. I want to know the read/write permissions of a file for my process (i.e. the application I'm writing). The owner/user/other is only helpful if I know if my process is running as the owner/user/other of the file...so maybe that's the solution but I'm not sure of the steps to get there.

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