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From: | Glenn Morris |
Subject: | Re: Difference between file-accessible-directory-p() and file-readable-p() on a directory |
Date: | Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:04:22 -0700 |
User-agent: | Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Nordlöw wrote: > What's the difference between file-accessible-directory-p and file- > readable-p when the argument is a directory? mkdir foo bar chmod 500 foo chmod 400 bar cd bar # Permission denied cd foo # No problem (file-accessible-directory-p "foo") ; t (file-readable-p "foo") ; t (file-accessible-directory-p "bar") ; nil (file-readable-p "bar") ; t You need execute permission to access a directory (on a Unix-type system; no idea about Windows).
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