File Permissions

[Fredrik Lundh]

Lenny Self wrote:
> > the first member of the stat tuple (ST_MODE) contains
> > the permissions, as a bitmask.
> >
> > you can use the functions and macros in the "stat" module
> > to decipher them.
> >
> >     st = os.stat(myfile)
> >     mode = st[stat.ST_MODE]
> >     if mode & stat.ST_IREAD:
> >         print "readable"
> >     if mode & stat.ST_IWRITE:
> >         print "writable"
> >     if mode & stat.ST_IEXEC:
> >         print "executable"
> >
> > (etc)
> >
> > </F>
> 
> Thanks for your help but I only seem to be able to check whether or not the
> user running the script has "rwx" permissions.  I am looking to find the
> permissions for owner/group/other, preferably in numeric mode.

did you try printing the "mode" value?  I'm pretty sure
it does contain the "numeric mode" you're looking for.
try this:

    st = os.stat(myfile)
    mode = st[stat.ST_MODE]
    print "mode is", octal(mode & 0777)

(looking in the stat module source file may also help; it's
in Python's Lib directory)

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