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Re: os.access giving incorrect results on Windows

Started byAndrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com>
First post2011-05-19 14:56 -0500
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  Re: os.access giving incorrect results on Windows Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 14:56 -0500

#5784 — Re: os.access giving incorrect results on Windows

FromAndrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com>
Date2011-05-19 14:56 -0500
SubjectRe: os.access giving incorrect results on Windows
Message-ID<mailman.1799.1305834984.9059.python-list@python.org>
On 2011.05.19 02:43 PM, Tim Golden wrote:
> This is basically issue2528 [1].
> The problem is that, although Windows (and Python)
> expose a version of os.access to match the Posix function,
> the meaning is so far removed on Windows as to be useless.
Does this affect just os.W_OK and directories or all of os.access()?

In any case, this information should really be reflected in the docs.

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