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

[Greg Ewing]

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.

On a posix system, you should be able to find out by
checking the error code from the exception. That would
be better than making a separate call, since it would
avoid any possible race conditions. Don't look before
you leap, etc...

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