[Tutor] File mode tests

[Chad Crabtree]

Bill Campbell wrote:

>I'm just getting my feet wet with python after programming primarily
in
>perl since perl-3.something.  I've read the Harms and McDonald ``The
Quick
>Python Book'', and O'Reilly's ``Learning Python'', but haven't been
able to
>find python equivalents to these perl tests (lots of others in
os.path, but
>not these :-).
>
>	if ( -x path ) # is is executable
>	if ( -r path ) # is it readable
>	if ( -w path ) # is it writeable
>
>I would love to find documentation, something like ``python for the
perl
>hacker'' that would help in the transition.
>
>Bill
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Well I found something interesting at the New Mexico Tech Site
http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/python/pathinfo.html

has an easy object interface to your questions.  Perhaps the source
will 
deliver a more meaningful answer because they say it's just sugar 
coating on the regular os module.

Have a good day



		
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