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+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
+
+package unix
+
+const (
+	R_OK = 0x4
+	W_OK = 0x2
+	X_OK = 0x1
+)