Query: how to change isexecutable using python

Relevant code:
def set_executable(filename):
    """Set the exectuable bit on the given filename"""
    st = os.stat(filename)
    os.chmod(filename, st.st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)

Similar but not relevant code:
def restart(self, reset=False):
        """
        Quit and Restart Spyder application.

        If reset True it allows to reset spyder on restart.
        """
        # Get start path to use in restart script
        spyder_start_directory = get_module_path('spyder')
        restart_script = osp.join(spyder_start_directory, 'app', 'restart.py')

        # Get any initial argument passed when spyder was started
        # Note: Variables defined in bootstrap.py and spyder/app/start.py
        env = os.environ.copy()
        bootstrap_args = env.pop('SPYDER_BOOTSTRAP_ARGS', None)
        spyder_args = env.pop('SPYDER_ARGS')

        # Get current process and python running spyder
        pid = os.getpid()
        python = sys.executable

        # Check if started with bootstrap.py
        if bootstrap_args is not None:
            spyder_args = bootstrap_args
            is_bootstrap = True
        else:
            is_bootstrap = False

        # Pass variables as environment variables (str) to restarter subprocess
        env['SPYDER_ARGS'] = spyder_args
        env['SPYDER_PID'] = str(pid)
        env['SPYDER_IS_BOOTSTRAP'] = str(is_bootstrap)
        env['SPYDER_RESET'] = str(reset)

        if DEV:
            if os.name == 'nt':
                env['PYTHONPATH'] = ';'.join(sys.path)
            else:
                env['PYTHONPATH'] = ':'.join(sys.path)

        # Build the command and popen arguments depending on the OS
        if os.name == 'nt':
            # Hide flashing command prompt
            startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
            startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
            shell = False
        else:
            startupinfo = None
            shell = True

        command = '"{0}" "{1}"'
        command = command.format(python, restart_script)

        try:
            if self.closing(True):
                subprocess.Popen(command, shell=shell, env=env,
                                 startupinfo=startupinfo)
                self.console.quit()
        except Exception as error:
            # If there is an error with subprocess, Spyder should not quit and
            # the error can be inspected in the internal console
            print(error)  # spyder: test-skip
            print(command)

Similar but not relevant code:
def launched():
    """Test whether the current python environment is the correct lore env.

    :return:  :any:`True` if the environment is launched
    :rtype: bool
    """
    if not PREFIX:
        return False

    return os.path.realpath(sys.prefix) == os.path.realpath(PREFIX)

Similar but not relevant code:
def restart_program():
    """
    DOES NOT WORK WELL WITH MOPIDY
    Hack from
    https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/code/260268/restart-your-python-program
    to support updating the settings, since mopidy is not able to do that yet
    Restarts the current program
    Note: this function does not return. Any cleanup action (like
    saving data) must be done before calling this function
    """

    python = sys.executable
    os.execl(python, python, * sys.argv)

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def is_interactive(self):
        """ Determine if the user requested interactive mode.
        """
        # The Python interpreter sets sys.flags correctly, so use them!
        if sys.flags.interactive:
            return True

        # IPython does not set sys.flags when -i is specified, so first
        # check it if it is already imported.
        if '__IPYTHON__' not in dir(six.moves.builtins):
            return False

        # Then we check the application singleton and determine based on
        # a variable it sets.
        try:
            from IPython.config.application import Application as App
            return App.initialized() and App.instance().interact
        except (ImportError, AttributeError):
            return False