Arrigo -- ...and then Zanette Arrigo said... % % I' ve a simple question.
Hmmm... That doesn't sound much like a bug report, then. This list is really for bug reports for the GNU fileutils package. However, since we're here... % There is a way to get the file mode (octal or text)? There are lots of ways. I don't know of a single utility which specializes in doing that, but the information is easily obtainable through other simple UNIX tools doing what *they* do best. You could use ls (hey, I had to stay SOMEWHAT on-topic) with -l and use cut, awk, sed, or who knows what else to pull out the first field and then do a little parsing (or maybe something about like '-rwsr-x--x' is "text" enough for you). You could use something like perl to stat() the file and report the answer (if you're writing a perl script). You could use perl anyway, all in a one-line shell script call (if you're writing a shell script). You could write a little C code to do your stat and return the results however you wish. I'm sure there are other ways, but my one minute is up. % I think it would be very useful (I'am writing a script where it would be very % useful). Then just put one of the many tools at your disposal to work :-) It all depends on the level of portability you need and how you want to get the data. % % Thanks, % % Arrigo Zanette HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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