The file.access() function in base relies on the access() function in the C library. In Windows, that function only checks the directory's permission bits for a file. In versions of Windows post NT4, it's possible to have access controls that change a user's access without showing up in the directory record, and file.access() returns wrong answers (e.g. if a user has read-only access to a network share, but a particular file is not marked read-only).
I've changed the man page for file.access to record the fact that it's results can't really be trusted on any multi-tasking system, and especially on Windows, but I think a better fix should be made. I won't have time to do it until after 2.0.0. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
