Possible bug in setting Windows file permissions? (os.chmod() not working properly?)

[Gus Tabares]

Yeah I guess I see your point. I have and do use 666 quite often. I guess
adding a 0 wouldn't really hurt...

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[mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Peter Hansen
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Subject: Re: Possible bug in setting Windows file permissions?
(os.chmod() not working properly?)


Gus Tabares wrote:
>
> Peter,
>         os.chmod(file, 666) seems to work quite proficiently. It might
> be possible that it is converted (as that is easy to do).

Possible, but unlikely, I think.  Note that o666 and d666 share
the bits 10010010, which quite possibly includes the bits necessary
to cause Windows to make a file read-write...

Are you really willing to throw parameters at a low-level OS function
which "seem" to work, or would you rather avoid, say, accidentally
clearing the archive bit, or accidentally setting the HIDDEN bit? ;-)

-Peter
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