Python: Check for access to a specified path

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Write a Python program to check access to a specified path. Test the existence, readability, writability and executability of the specified path.

Sample Solution:

Python Code :

import os
print('Exist:', os.access('c:\\Users\\Public\\C programming library.docx', os.F_OK))
print('Readable:', os.access('c:\\Users\\Public\\C programming library.docx', os.R_OK))
print('Writable:', os.access('c:\\Users\\Public\\C programming library.docx', os.W_OK))
print('Executable:', os.access('c:\\Users\\Public\\C programming library.docx', os.X_OK))

Sample Output:

Exist: False
Readable: False
Writable: False
Executable: False

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