[Python-Dev] os.access versus os.exist

[Robert Brewer]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Robert Brewer wrote:
> > It would be awfully nice (on posix platforms, for my 
> > use-case) to find out whether a file is inaccessible
> > due to permission restrictions, or due to non-existence.
> 
> That's easy enough: just check the exception you get when you try
> opening the file.

Brilliant! I'll do that. I didn't think of open() because I don't need to open it--just see if it's there.

/*bonk* self


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