problems in getting file permissions using stat

skie_knite007 · 12-12-2005, 10:38 PM

Protection st_mode is of type mode_t in the stat structure. When I'm using %d to print this , I'm not getting the correct permissions...

But when I use %o to print this,,,I'm getting the right perms but a '10' in extra..

say,,,the mode is 0777 ...when I print this using %o,,,I'm getting 100777..

Why is it so?

primo · 12-12-2005, 11:22 PM

st_mode contains not just permissions... see stat(2). To get only the permissions you have to mask it with 0777 first (ie: st_mode & 0777)