Re: bash -r operator not understanding ACLs

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 12:51 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> I have a file which is owned by a different user, but with ACLs set so
> that it is readable by me. However if I use the bash -r operator to test
> if the file is readable I get a negative result. I also get the same
> result using the Perl -r operator.

In Perl you can switch to a mechanism wich acknowledges ACLs:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/lib/filetest.pm

Sample given on this page:

===SNIP===
$can_perhaps_read = -r "file";      # use the mode bits
{
	use filetest 'access';          # intuit harder
	$can_really_read = -r "file";
}
$can_perhaps_read = -r "file";      # use the mode bits again
===SNIP===


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Zoltan Sekeres <[email protected]>
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