From 802cca16ad0e963da5074fa5405a6dbaf1f7fa9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:59:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] IGN:...

---
 src/calibre/utils/config.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/config.py b/src/calibre/utils/config.py
index bbdd437133..e7bc06e7af 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/config.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/config.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def make_config_dir():
     if not os.path.exists(plugin_dir):
         os.makedirs(plugin_dir, mode=448) # 0700 == 448
 
+def check_config_write_access():
+    return os.access(config_dir, os.W_OK) and os.access(config_dir, os.X_OK)
 
 class CustomHelpFormatter(IndentedHelpFormatter):