Gabriel Genellina wrote: > On 16 dic, 04:47, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > os.stat(selected)[ST_MODE] & (S_IXUSR|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH > >>This will tell you that "x.exe" is executable, even if "x.exe" contains >> nothing but zeros. > > Isn't the same with any other recipe, portable or not? Unless the OS > actually tries to load and examine the file contents, which the OS's > I'm aware of, don't do. > > -- > Gabriel Genellina >
On windows, you can use win32file.GetBinaryType to check if a file is actually a binary executable. Roger ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list