> Martin. Could you confirm that the outline below correctly > describes the behaviour of the os.access function under > Windows, please?
It's correct for Python 2.5.2 and 2.6; for 2.5.1 (as discussed) the test "if directory:return True" was not implemented. Notice that the first sentence: "If the path does not exist or if access if forbidden, return False" is confusing. It seems to say "access() returns false if access is forbidden". I think you are referring to the directory (in the sense of os.path.dirname) of the path to be tested. > Agreed. I think I'd like to see that happen, but I have to > down several strengthening drinks every time I approach the > Windows Security API! There is a good tutorial example in the AccessCheck documentation. If you leave out the impersonation part, it should be straight-forward to apply this to Python. Contributions are welcome. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
