Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
As a new feature, this could only go into 3.10, 3.9 is in feature freeze.
The requirements are unclear, it could mean any of:
- the file's *owner* has the execute bit set;
- the file's mode has any execute bit set;
- the *current user* has execute permission (regardless of whether they are the
file owner, part of the file's group, or other);
- the file is an executable file (an app or exe) rather than a script that
calls an executable file;
- the file is *not* on a file system that has disabled execution;
- if the file is double-clicked in a graphical shell, the file will run as a
script or program (as opposed to merely open for reading);
etc.
So the concept of "is this file executable?" is more complex than it seems.
But you could start with getting the execute bit for the file's owner:
import pathlib
import stat
p = pathlib.Path('some file')
p.stat().st_mode & stat.S_IXUSR
or you could try this to find out whether the file *may* be executable for the
current user:
os.access(p, os.X_OK)
but read the docs for some complications:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.access
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nosy: +steven.daprano
versions: -Python 3.9
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