using os.chmod in windows

[David LeBlanc]

I didn't find any doc for this, so I tried the simple expedient of:

# Attrtest.py

import os

os.stat('testfile.txt')

raw_input('Change file attribute using File Explorer, then press return')

os.stat('testfile.txt')

When I did this, I got:

(At the start, normal r/w file)
>>> os.stat('testfile.txt')
(33206, 0L, 9, 1, 0, 0, 26L, 1024026085, 1023320564, 1023320564)
(Add hidden attribute using File Explorer)
>>> os.stat('testfile.txt')
(33206, 0L, 9, 1, 0, 0, 26L, 1024532993, 1023320564, 1023320564)
(Add readonly in addition to hidden)
>>> os.stat('testfile.txt')
(33060, 0L, 9, 1, 0, 0, 26L, 1024532997, 1023320564, 1023320564)

Notice that the last five digits (an int in decimal) of the 8th group have
changed. How you parlay that into something chmod() can use, I have no idea.

HTH,

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

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>
> I never really learned the number codes for file permissions in UNIX. I
> always just did "chmod +r" because it is much easier to remember. I need
> to change a file to be 'hidden' in windows. In UNIX, this is done by
> renaming it with a dot in front of the name. But the python os.chmod
> command says you need to specify the number as the argument. As far as I
> know, there is no number for 'hidden' since it is windows only. So how
> do I do this?
>
> Thanks.
>
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