I just got a new PC with Windows XP, and I want to run Leo on it. Leo uses the os.access() function to check for read-only files. For some reason, os.access(<filename>, os.W_OK) always returns false.
I wrote a 2-liner Python script to just test os.access on any file. I have tried this with Python 2.4 and 2.5b1. I have uninstalled and re-installed Python and Leo. I have fiddled with file permissions on the target files as well as on the Python installation itself. I have used cacls to check the access control lists (and although I'm not exactly certain what to do with this information, it appears to be ok - I think). None of the above has helped me to identify or fix the problem. A scan of the Python newsgroup suggests that os.access() may not be the best way to check for read-only, but the discussion is a bit deeper than my understanding, so I'm not sure there's anything to it in this case. I realize this must be a Windows permissions thing, but I just can't figure it out. I'm no expert in Windows security beyond basic permissions, so I could be missing something simple. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks, Phil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
