[Tutor] Have any idea why I do not have access to MY files?

[hcohen2]

Michael Janssen wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, hcohen2 wrote:
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>>These are excution functions: system() and popen().  For the same file
>>with the former I can see the contents:
>>
>> >>> result = os.system('cat new2text.py')
>>y = 0
>>print 'y is currently:', y
>>while y < 8:
>>    y += 1
>>    print 'incrementing y to: ', y
>>
>>whereas, if I try to read it - suddenly it does not belong to me!
>>
>> >>> f = os.popen('import2.py -a')
>> >>> sh: line 1: ./import2.py: Permission denied
>>
>>But if I do this, its mine!
>>
>> >>> result = os.system('ls -l new2text.py')
>>-rw-r--r--    1 prime_dev prime_dev       93 Jan 26 11:09 new2text.py
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>>
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>execute permissions are lacking (umm, I supose no differences between
>import2.py and new2text.py. But anyway this is what the error message
>indicates). Add them with "chmod u+x [filename]". And make sure this
>script has a proper shebang line within:
>#! /usr/bin/env python
>
>Michael
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Mike,

Odd, but you are correct - changed it to execute just for myself and I 
am in but at the EOF, that's probably due to it has been run by the exec 
command that once run will not repeat.

Thanks,
Herschel