Synchronously tests a user's permissions for the file or directory specified by path. The mode argument is an optional integer that specifies the accessibility checks to be performed. mode should be either the value fs.constants.F_OK or a mask consisting of the bitwise OR of any of fs.constants.R_OK, fs.constants.W_OK, and fs.constants.X_OK (e.g.fs.constants.W_OK | fs.constants.R_OK). Check File access constants for possible values of mode.

If any of the accessibility checks fail, an Error will be thrown. Otherwise, the method will return undefined.

import { accessSync, constants } from 'node:fs';

try {
  accessSync('etc/passwd', constants.R_OK | constants.W_OK);
  console.log('can read/write');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('no access!');
}