permission

[Mike Meyer]

Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes:

>     James> Is it possible to check if you have permission to access and or
>     James> change a directory or file?
>
> Yes, but it's generally much easier to try, then recover from any errors:

Especially since the answer to the question may change between
checking and trying - so you have to be prepared to deal with failure
either way.

       <mike
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