From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-05-26T02:48:22+09:00
Subject: Re: File.stat.mode not same mode as File.stat.inspect ??

On 5/25/06, Zach Buckholz <zach.buckholz@apollogrp.edu> wrote:
>
> I am working on a little ruby script to check file stats and I am
> getting a weird mask when I query the mode directly. I am also looking
> at stat.2 (man 2 stat) and the bits just are not adding up to give me 8.
>
> The proper mode is 0100644 but when I print @mode = fileObj.stat.mode I
> get 33188

You are displaying the mode in decimal when it should be octal to
match what you think it should be:

irb(main):001:0> '%07o' % 33188
=> "0100644

Ryan