On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Eric Walker wrote:
> Looking for easiest way to get a files permissions in linux. Hi Eric, What have you looked at so far? One of the first hits to the Google query "file permission python" comes up with some good information: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/5707/fid/552 Forgive me: I'm giving you a hard time only because it didn't look like you did anything yourself yet. Next time you ask a question, also try to show what you've tried so far to find an answer, so that we know we're not following avenues that you've already pursued. We want to make sure you know how to look for answers. If the existing documentation sucks (and some of Python's documentation does need more work!), then we want to know that too so that we can help improve it by sending comments to the Documentation team. In summary, there's file permission stuff we can extract using the 'stat()' function in the 'os' module: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/os-file-dir.html#l2h-1629 The values we get back from os.stat() are a little obscure, but we can interpret the results using the 'stat' module: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-stat.html I'm not sure if there's nicer interface to the permission bits; most material I see on it looks fairly low-level. If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. (But please show what work you've tried so far; that way, we have a better idea of your context.) Good luck! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor