On 02/28/12 04:07, Andrea Crotti wrote:
How should I check if I can create files in a directory?So maybe the only solution that works is something like try: open(path.join('temp', 'w')) except OsError: return False else: os.remove(path.join('temp')) return True
It depends on the system & location. It's possible to set up directories with permissions that allow you to create files but not delete them, in which case you'd either (1) create the file and possibly fail on subsequent tests because the file already exists; or (2) litter the directory with tmpnam()-like results that you were unable to delete.
It's ugly, I've encountered it, and haven't found a good universal solution myself.
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