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# FSVolume.AccessMask

A bitmask of access rights.

```
struct AccessMask
```

## Topics

### Declaring read and write access

[`readData`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/readData)

The file system allows reading data.

[`writeData`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/writeData)

The file system allows writing data.

### Declaring directory access

[`listDirectory`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/listDirectory)

The file system allows listing directory contents.

[`addFile`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/addFile)

The file system allows adding files.

[`addSubdirectory`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/addSubdirectory)

The file system allows adding subdirectories.

[`deleteChild`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/deleteChild)

The file system allows deleting subdirectories.

[`search`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/search)

The file system allows searching files.

### Declaring file maniulation access

[`execute`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/execute)

The file system allows file execution.

[`delete`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/delete)

The file system allows deleting a file.

[`appendData`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/appendData)

The file system allows appending data to a file.

### Declaring attribute access

[`readAttributes`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/readAttributes)

The file system allows reading file attributes.

[`writeAttributes`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/writeAttributes)

The file system allows writing file attributes.

[`readXattr`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/readXattr)

The file system allows reading extended file attributes.

[`writeXattr`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/writeXattr)

The file system allows writing extended file attributes.

[`readSecurity`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/readSecurity)

The file system allows reading a file’s security descriptors.

[`writeSecurity`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/writeSecurity)

The file system allows writing a file’s security descriptors.

### Ownership access

[`takeOwnership`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/takeOwnership)

The file system allows taking ownership of a file.

### Working with raw values

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/FSKit/FSVolume/AccessMask/init(rawValue:))


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