Python 3.3+statfunction

stat.filemode()

mode bits

Turns st_mode into an ls -l style string such as '-rw-r--r--' or 'drwxr-xr-x'. The first character is the file type.

Syntax

stat.filemode(mode)

Pass the full st_mode: without the type bits, e.g. filemode(0o755), the first character is '?'. The permissions are rendered as they are, so on Windows you see -rw-rw-rw- or -r--r--r-- whatever chmod you asked for. For comparing permissions in code the string is awkward; use S_IMODE and octal numbers.

Examples

import os, stat
open('script.py', 'w').close()
os.chmod('script.py', 0o644)
print(stat.filemode(os.stat('script.py').st_mode))  # → -rw-r--r-- (на Windows -rw-rw-rw-)
os.mkdir('pkg')
print(stat.filemode(os.stat('pkg').st_mode)[0])  # → d

import stat
print(stat.filemode(0o755))  # → ?rwxr-xr-x — тип файла не передан

See also

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