[Discuss] File permissions in Python

[Adam Parkin]

Deryk Barker wrote:
>>     $x = "foobar.txt"
>>     print "$x is: ", ((-R $x) ? "readable " : ""),
>>         ((-W $x) ? "writeable " : ""),
>>         ((-x $x) ? "executable\n" : "\n");
> 
> The exact equivalent of what you're doing here would seem to be the 
> os.access function.
> 
> name = 'foobar.txt'
> print name, 'is',
> if os.access (name, os.R_OK):
>    print 'readable',
> if os.access (name, os.W_OK):
>    print 'writeable',
> if os.access (name, os.X_OK):
>    print 'executable',
> print

Sweet, worked like a charm.  Thanks!  And yes, this Python code has the 
same semantics as the Perl code (no output if no permissions set).
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Adam Parkin
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