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Use stat(), fstat(), or lstat() on the file/directory. Then check the st_mode member of the "struct stat" , which is filled by stat(), against all bitmasks to decide what character ( '-', 'r', 's', 'x', 'S' ....) to print. Like so:
Code:
if (status.st_mode & S_IRUSR) {
/* owner has read permission */
/* print corrosponding character in correct position */
}
It's probably best to check in the order you need to print the char's
Originally posted by Hko Use stat(), fstat(), or lstat() on the file/directory. Then check the st_mode member of the "struct stat" , which is filled by stat(), against all bitmasks to decide what character ( '-', 'r', 's', 'x', 'S' ....) to print. Like so:
Code:
if (status.st_mode & S_IRUSR) {
/* owner has read permission */
/* print corrosponding character in correct position */
}
It's probably best to check in the order you need to print the char's
This seems to work for me. I'm sure it can be beautified using a loop, but this at least illustrates it (also, I didn't bother looking up the actual letters for the different types of files. I made some of them up):
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