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instance method

File::Stat#mode

() -> ::Integer

mode → integer

static VALUE
rb_stat_mode(VALUE self)
{
    return UINT2NUM(ST2UINT(get_stat(self)->ST_(mode)));
}

Returns an integer representing the permissions of the entry in the snapshot in self; see Filesystem Modes.

The integer is most usefully formatted as six octal digits:

Example

'%06o' % File.stat('/etc').mode        # => "040755"
'%06o' % File.stat('/etc/passwd').mode # => "100644"

See also #inspect #mtime #ino #nlink also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0