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03-07-2006
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determine owner directory permissions from within the directory
From within a directory, how do I determine whether I have write permission for it.
test -w pwd ; echo ? This doesn't work as it returns false, even though I have write permission. 
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03-07-2006
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Doh! So I am. The question still stands though -
test -w . ; echo ? just returns "?" now
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03-07-2006
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Probably found this out already, but:
echo $? 
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03-07-2006
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Cheers! It's been a long long day.
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