Jason Franklin wrote:
> Currently, the "term_start()" function will give an error when
> a non-existent directory is passed to its "cwd" option. The call will not
> fail, however, when the directory exists but is not accessible by the
> current user. It would be nice to be able to recover from this error.
>
> This patch uses "mch_access()" to check for both the existence and the
> accessibility of the directory.
>
> A test, which currently fails, is included in the patch. This seems to
> work on Ubuntu 18.04, but I haven't tested the change on other systems.
Can you extend the test with checking for a writable+executable file
(not a directory)? I think you should not replace mch_isdir() with
mch_access() but have both checks.
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