# FILE_ACCESS_READ

`import { FILE_ACCESS_READ } from "destack:fs/binding";`

Check for read permission.

```ds title="FILE_ACCESS_READ"
const FILE_ACCESS_READ: FileAccessMask
```

[language/library/src/fs/binding/attribute.ds:20](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/fs/binding/attribute.ds#L20)