Re: Answer: How do I test whether or not a file is writable?

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There's no point testing for both -f and -w. If the file doesn't exists (or if its existence cannot be determined), -w will return false. And if -w returns true, the file exists.

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Re^2: Answer: How do I test whether or not a file is writable? by clinton (Priest) on Mar 18, 2010 at 16:41 UTC
Yes, but `-w` would also return true if the file is actually a writeable directory	[reply] [d/l]

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