url_stat requires write permissions

[cuspide1988]

Currently the url_stat method opens the file with "r+", thus failing if the file exists, but can't be written. If using url_stat in file_exists, this yields different results than doing a file_exists of an existing file on which you don't have write permissions. @gissues:{"order":50,"status":"inprogress"}

[wysow]

@cuspide1988 Is this still relevant?

[rejinka]

we encountered this problem in the last few days and gave us a really hard time. I don't see, why we'd need write access here. The only reason would be to perhaps create the base-directory - but that's a side-effect, i wouldn't expect if i used file_exists().

[PedroTroller]

I close this issue. If anyone has a similar problem, please feel free to reopen it and add details of your problem.