Re: [boost] filesystem/directory.hpp header redux

From: Ross Smith (r-smith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-28 17:14:42

"Stewart, Robert" wrote:
> 
> From: Ross Smith [mailto:r-smith_at_[hidden]]
> >
> > If is_readonly() doesn't actually tell you whether the file is
> > read-only, what possible use could it be?
> 
> The purpose of this library is to enable scripting.  Therefore, one must
> ask, "What does a script do to test for write-ability?"  Answer: "test -w
> pathname" or its equivalent in the various shells.  Who's got access to
> implementations of test or shells that do it themselves?  What does "test
> -w" -- or whatever syntax your favorite shell uses -- do?  (ksh, for
> example, provides syntactic sugar for test, but ultimately calls test.  I'm
> guessing that there are shells that do the test themselves rather than
> running test.)

What on earth does any of that have to do with it?

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