[issue1117601] os.path.exists returns false negatives in MAC environments.

[Virgil Dupras]

Virgil Dupras <hsoft at hardcoded.net> added the comment:

hsoft-dev:~ hsoft$ mkdir foobar
hsoft-dev:~ hsoft$ echo "baz" > foobar/baz
hsoft-dev:~ hsoft$ chmod 000 foobar/baz
hsoft-dev:~ hsoft$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 22 2008, 07:57:53) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os.path
>>> os.path.exists('foobar/baz')
True
>>> 
hsoft-dev:~ hsoft$ chmod 000 foobar
hsoft-dev:~ hsoft$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 22 2008, 07:57:53) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os.path
>>> os.path.exists('foobar/baz')
False
>>> os.path.exists('foobar')
True
>>> 

This seems like the correct behavior to me.

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nosy: +vdupras

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