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Bash function to tell if a path is writeable by current user
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_is_writeable() { | |
if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then | |
mapfile -d $' ' -t stat < <(stat -L -f '%p %g %u' "${1}") | |
else | |
mapfile -d $' ' -t stat < <(stat -L -c '%a %g %u' "${1}") | |
fi | |
declare -i prm=${stat[0]} | |
declare -i grp=${stat[1]} | |
declare -i own=${stat[2]} | |
mapfile -t prm_words < <(echo "${prm}" | fold -w1) | |
declare -i prm_other=${prm_words[-1]} | |
declare -i prm_group=${prm_words[-2]} | |
declare -i prm_owner=${prm_words[-3]} | |
# Is writeable by others | |
if (( prm_other & 1<<1 )); then | |
return 0 | |
# Is writeable by group | |
elif (( prm_group & 1<<1 )); then | |
mapfile -t groups < <(id -G) | |
for g in "${groups[@]}"; do | |
if (( g == grp )); then | |
return 0; | |
fi | |
done | |
# Is writeable by owner | |
elif (( prm_owner & 1<<1 )); then | |
declare -i user | |
user=$(id -u) | |
if [[ "${user}" == "${own}" ]]; then | |
return 0; | |
fi | |
fi | |
return 1 | |
} |
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