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How to check if path is writable
Sep 15, 2017
Joseph
Sep 15, 2017
Neia Neutuladh
Sep 15, 2017
Joseph
Sep 15, 2017
Daniel Kozak
September 15, 2017
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Is there a cross-platform way in D to check if a path is writable?
September 15, 2017
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On Friday, 15 September 2017 at 01:42:02 UTC, Joseph wrote:
> Is there a cross-platform way in D to check if a path is writable?

Try to write to it and see if you get an error.
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On Friday, 15 September 2017 at 02:02:54 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote:
> On Friday, 15 September 2017 at 01:42:02 UTC, Joseph wrote:
>> Is there a cross-platform way in D to check if a path is writable?
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> Try to write to it and see if you get an error.

Um, so I have to do this for every platform? I thought D was a systems language?
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You can use https://dlang.org/phobos/std_file.html#getAttributes, but you still need to distinguish Windows and posix platforms

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 5:36 AM, Joseph via Digitalmars-d-learn < digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Friday, 15 September 2017 at 02:02:54 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote:
>
>> On Friday, 15 September 2017 at 01:42:02 UTC, Joseph wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a cross-platform way in D to check if a path is writable?
>>>
>>
>> Try to write to it and see if you get an error.
>>
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> Um, so I have to do this for every platform? I thought D was a systems language?
>