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The file-access command returns information about a snap's file system access.
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This command is used by the xdg-document-portal service to identify
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files that do not need to be proxied to provide access within
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confinement.
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File paths are interpreted as host file system paths. The tool may
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return false negatives (e.g. report that a file path is unreadable,
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despite being readable under a different path). It also does not
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check if file system permissions would render a file unreadable.