Re: file-exists? using stat

[Kevin Ryde]

Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  +    ;; Make sure to follow the effective UID/GID not the real ID, as it is
>  +    ;; done by stat. file-exists? will normally be used as a prelude to
>  +    ;; opening or some other operation, and it's the effective ID
> which will
>  +    ;; apply there.

I guess I see access? as being just plain wrong, and that the gory
details concerning this are best covered in the manual (see other
message), since it's a general matter, applying to lots of places one
might think of using it.

I'll add to the code the note about what emacs does though.