How to check if file is executable

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While doing codecrafters Build your own shell stage 5 i need to check if file is executable. How do i do it in Zig 0.16.0?

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Of course finally after posting this question i found Dir.access

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You probably want File.stat instead and check for executable permission.

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Assuming linux? Definition of what’s executable varies by platform.

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Unix yeah. On windows idk. The stat gives more info like the kind of the file, but with std.Io.File it should already point to not at least a directory, for which in unix if executable bit is set on a directory it means you can access the subpaths inside. But more importantly, using access instead of fstatat is prone to TOCTOU.