Checking File permissions

[Larry Bates]

Note: You really don't have to post the same question
3 times (2 in response to yourself).

import os

if os.path.exists(pathname):
  <do something>

To see if a file is writeable:

import stat

def iswriteable(path):
    mode=os.stat(path)[stat.ST_mode]
    return bool(stat.S_IMODE(mode) & stat.S_IWRITE)


Larry Bates

Anoop wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Please tell me how to check the existence of a file and the read
> permission to the file using python script
> 
> Thanks for ur inputs
> 
> Anoop
>