Parameters

value

no.Unix.Native.FilePermissions to convert. [Edit]

Returns

A Unix permission string. [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---".

Both 9 and 10 character representations are encoded, the difference being the file type. If a file type is specified, a 10 character string is returned, with the file type encoded in the first character. Otherwise a 9 character string is returned.

C# Example

using System; using Mono.Unix.Native; class Test { public static void Main(string[] args) { foreach (string file in args) { Stat stat; if (Syscall.stat (file, out stat) == 0) { Console.WriteLine (" File: `{0}'", file); Console.WriteLine ("Access: ({0}/{1})", NativeConvert.ToOctalPermissionString (stat.st_mode), NativeConvert.ToUnixPermissionString (stat.st_mode)) } else { Console.WriteLine ("Cannot stat `{0}': {1}", file, Stdlib.strerror (Stdlib.GetLastError ())); } } } }

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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