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Chapter 2 - File Manager / File Manager Reference

Shared Environment Routines / Controlling Directory Access

PBHGetDirAccess

You can use the PBHGetDirAccess function to get the access control information for
a directory.

FUNCTION PBHGetDirAccess (paramBlock: HParmBlkPtr; 
                           async: Boolean): OSErr;

paramBlock

A pointer to an HFS parameter block.

async

A Boolean value that specifies asynchronous (TRUE) or synchronous (FALSE) execution.

-->	ioCompletion	ProcPtr	A pointer to a completion routine.
<--	ioResult	OSErr	The result code of the function.
-->	ioNamePtr	StringPtr	A pointer to a pathname.
-->	ioVRefNum	Integer	A volume specification.
<--	ioACOwnerID	LongInt	The owner ID.
<--	ioACGroupID	LongInt	The group ID.
<--	ioACAccess	LongInt	The access rights.
-->	ioDirID	LongInt	The directory ID.

DESCRIPTION

The PBHGetDirAccess returns access control information for the specified directory. On output, the ioACOwnerID field contains the ID of the directory's owner, and the ioACGroupID field contains the directory's primary group. The directory's access rights are encoded in the ioACAccess field. See "Directory Access Privileges," beginning on page 2-18, for a description of the ioACAccess field.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro and routine selector for PBHGetDirAccess are

Trap macro	Selector
_HFSDispatch	$0032

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
fnfErr	-43	Directory not found
paramErr	-50	Function not supported by volume
afpAccessDenied	-5000	User does not have the correct access to the directory