os.access giving incorrect results on Windows

[Andrew Berg]

On 2011.05.19 03:08 PM, Tim Golden wrote:
> * A R_OK check always succeeds if the file's attributes can be read
>    at all
So is this the same as F_OK then, or does it return false if the user
isn't allowed to read permissions?
> * A W_OK check fails if the file has its DOS read-only attribute set
DOS attribute?
> * A W_OK check always succeeds for a directory (because read-only means
>    something else for directories).
>
> Would you care to propose some wording for the docs? I'm quite happy
> to commit if we can come to an agreement.
I'm a beginner when it comes to Python, but I could give it a shot. A
big red warning box explaining how the code under Windows doesn't use
ACLs under the os.access() entry (above the notes) seems appropriate. A
warning box under os.W_OK saying something like "Under Windows, access()
will always indicate that a directory is writable." would also fit. You
know more about this than I do. I'm running Windows 7 right now and I
have a Python 3.2 interpreter window open if you want me to test/confirm
something. :-)