Python - Test directory permissions
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In Python on Windows, is there a way to determine if a user has permission to access a directory? I've taken a look at os.access but it gives false results.
>>> os.access('C:\haveaccess', os.R_OK)
False
>>> os.access(r'C:\haveaccess', os.R_OK)
True
>>> os.access('C:\donthaveaccess', os.R_OK)
False
>>> os.access(r'C:\donthaveaccess', os.R_OK)
True
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way to check if a user has permission to access a directory?
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