Parameters

value

The unix permission representation of a Mono.Unix.Native.FilePermissions value. [Edit]

Returns

The converted Mono.Unix.Native.FilePermissions. [Edit]

Remarks

A "Unix permission string" is the 9 or 10 character string commonly seen in the output of ls -l, e.g. "-rwxr-x---".

This method makes it easier to create a Mono.Unix.Native.FilePermissions value, allowing the use of common Unix permission notation.

Both 9 and 10 character representations are decoded, the difference being the file type.

C# Example

using System; using Mono.Unix.Native; class Test { public static void Main(string[] args) { // All statement pairs are equivalent. // Note: 9 character string -- file type not set FilePermissions simple1 = NativeConvert.FromUnixPermissionString ("rw-r--r--"); FilePermissions annoying1 = FilePermissions.S_IRUSR | FilePermissions.S_IWUSR | FilePermissions.S_IRGRP | FilePermissions.S_IROTH; // Note: 10 character string -- regular file specified FilePermissions simple2 = NativeConvert.FromUnixPermissionString ("----------"); FilePermissions annoying2 = FilePermissions.S_IFREG; // Note: 10 character string -- directory with all access permissions specified FilePermissions simple3 = NativeConvert.FromUnixPermissionString ("drwxrwxrwx"); FilePermissions annoying3 = FilePermissions.S_IFDIR | FilePermissions.ACCESSPERMS; } }

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Requirements

Namespace: Mono.Unix.Native
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0