On 3/17/2010 2:59 PM, Tim Golden wrote: > On 17/03/2010 19:07, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> That's not really so. Windows definitely has the notions of users and >> groups, >> they just don't quite align with the POSIX model exactly. > > Yes, my comment was a little blase. I know that Windows has users & groups: > > http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/get-the-owner-of-a-file.html > > :) > > I was thinking that you wanted a naive transfer of the Posix concept. > The "owner" of a file does mean something to Windows (while the "group" > really doesn't; it's just an artefact of Windows' posix-compatibility) > but not as much as it does on Posix systems, because the security system > is much more sophisticated. > > But maybe I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs ? > > TJG
Naw. The intent is just to provide as similar as possible a user experience. >From a coding POV, it is surely simpler to just use 'winuser' and 'wingroup', but I am sort of philosophically wired to not throw information away if it's a available from the OS. BTW, wanna beta test a really cool CLI mass file renaming tool????? ;) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tun...@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
