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1 """Constants/functions for interpreting results of os.stat() and os.lstat().
3 Suggested usage: from stat import *
4 """
6 # Indices for stat struct members in the tuple returned by os.stat()
8 ST_MODE = 0
9 ST_INO = 1
10 ST_DEV = 2
11 ST_NLINK = 3
12 ST_UID = 4
13 ST_GID = 5
14 ST_SIZE = 6
15 ST_ATIME = 7
16 ST_MTIME = 8
17 ST_CTIME = 9
19 # Extract bits from the mode
21 def S_IMODE(mode):
22 return mode & 07777
24 def S_IFMT(mode):
25 return mode & 0170000
27 # Constants used as S_IFMT() for various file types
28 # (not all are implemented on all systems)
30 S_IFDIR = 0040000
31 S_IFCHR = 0020000
32 S_IFBLK = 0060000
33 S_IFREG = 0100000
34 S_IFIFO = 0010000
35 S_IFLNK = 0120000
36 S_IFSOCK = 0140000
38 # Functions to test for each file type
40 def S_ISDIR(mode):
41 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFDIR
43 def S_ISCHR(mode):
44 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFCHR
46 def S_ISBLK(mode):
47 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFBLK
49 def S_ISREG(mode):
50 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFREG
52 def S_ISFIFO(mode):
53 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFIFO
55 def S_ISLNK(mode):
56 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFLNK
58 def S_ISSOCK(mode):
59 return S_IFMT(mode) == S_IFSOCK
61 # Names for permission bits
63 S_ISUID = 04000
64 S_ISGID = 02000
65 S_ENFMT = S_ISGID
66 S_ISVTX = 01000
67 S_IREAD = 00400
68 S_IWRITE = 00200
69 S_IEXEC = 00100
70 S_IRWXU = 00700
71 S_IRUSR = 00400
72 S_IWUSR = 00200
73 S_IXUSR = 00100
74 S_IRWXG = 00070
75 S_IRGRP = 00040
76 S_IWGRP = 00020
77 S_IXGRP = 00010
78 S_IRWXO = 00007
79 S_IROTH = 00004
80 S_IWOTH = 00002
81 S_IXOTH = 00001
83 # Names for file flags
85 UF_NODUMP = 0x00000001
86 UF_IMMUTABLE = 0x00000002
87 UF_APPEND = 0x00000004
88 UF_OPAQUE = 0x00000008
89 UF_NOUNLINK = 0x00000010
90 SF_ARCHIVED = 0x00010000
91 SF_IMMUTABLE = 0x00020000
92 SF_APPEND = 0x00040000
93 SF_NOUNLINK = 0x00100000
94 SF_SNAPSHOT = 0x00200000