From: "mame (Yusuke Endoh)" <mame@...>
Date: 2012-03-27T01:05:14+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:43692] [ruby-trunk - Feature #4712][Feedback] File.writable? inaccurate in windows


Issue #4712 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

Status changed from Assigned to Feedback
Assignee deleted (mame (Yusuke Endoh))

Hello,

usa wrote:
> The problem is who/when/how does it...

We need contribution.  I mark this ticket as Feedback.

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Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
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Feature #4712: File.writable? inaccurate in windows
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4712#change-25189

Author: rogerdpack (Roger Pack)
Status: Feedback
Priority: Normal
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Target version: 


Hello. Here's what happens (when a user doesn't have admin privileges in windows 7):

c:\Program Files (x86)\NetBeans 6.9.1>irb --simple-prompt
>> File.writable?('.')
=> true
>> File.writable?('./uninstall.exe')
=> true
>> File.open('./uninstall.exe', 'wb')
Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - ./uninstall.exe
        from (irb):4:in `initialize'
        from (irb):4:in `open'
        from (irb):4

So I think writable was returning true in error here.
Cheers!
-r


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