Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: Brian: "On native Windows, "Read & Execute" has no real affect on applications". Why do you say that? The FILE_EXECUTE permission certainly has a meaning on Windows, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg258116(v=vs.85).aspx I agree that FILE_EXECUTE is, in principle, mostly the equivalent of the x bit on POSIX. Unfortunately, it's also confusing, since most files have that permission. ---------- nosy: +loewis _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10888> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
