import os

def buildEnvExists():
    try:
        result = os.lstat("work")
    except FileNotFoundError:
        result = "-1"
    except e:
        result = "-2"
    if result == "-2":
        print(f"Encountered an unexpected error {e}")
        print("exiting...")
        return
    if result == "-1":
        print("Work doesn't exist, initializing build environment")
        return
    print("Work exists, no filesystem things to do")
    if os.access("work", os.W_OK):
        print("write access checked inside work, nothing to do")
    else:
        print("work is not writable, change permissions of dir")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    buildEnvExists()