From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2008-12-01T21:19:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Using File:Stat.mode method to find file permissions in Unix

Vikram Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I am trying to find the permissions on a file, using mode method of
> File:Stat.
> 
> Code :
> 
>  s = File.stat(file_name)
>  p s.mode
> 
>  For a file having 777 permissions, this prints : 16895
> 
>   Any Idea on what does this number imply ?
> 
>  Thanks,
>   Vikram

Permissions are typically specified as octal numbers. 16895 is decimal.

"%o" % 16895 # -> 40777

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