Need Simple Way To Determine If File Is Executable

[Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner]

Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> schrieb

> Paul Arthur wrote:
> 
>>> no, I'm showing that a local file marked as executable overrides a
>>> shared one, even if the local file isn't actually an executable.
>> 
>> Only if you have your system set up badly.  The current directory
>> should not be in the search path, and it especially shouldn't have
>> higher priority than the regular bin locations.
> 
> and the award for completely missing the context of this subthread
> goes to...

Nevertheless his comment was absolutely correct...

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