Re: Using access instead stat for checking the resource existance

[George Paul]

+1
-George
On 5/19/10 3:09 AM, Mladen Turk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We use stat all over the places for checking
> the presence of the file or directory.
> 
> I propose we use access(path, R_OK [| W_OK]) instead,
> since the check is done with the real user id.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 
> Regards