Permissions

fs_permissions¶

Get the octal permission mode and path for a file or directory. Tries GNU stat, then BSD stat, then falls back to perl.

Example¶

fs_permissions /etc/passwd   # => 644 /etc/passwd

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to the target file or directory

Exit codes¶

• 0: Success
• 1: File not found (from perl fallback)

Output on stdout¶

• Octal mode and path separated by a space