stat.S_IMODE()
stat.S_IMODE() is a Python function in the Stat Module category. Returns the permission bits from the file mode. The syntax is stat.S_IMODE(mode). Returns: Integer permission bits. A typical example: oct(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat("file.txt").st_mode)) # "0o644". A close sibling is stat.S_ISDIR(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a directory. A close sibling is stat.S_ISREG(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a regular file. A close sibling is stat.S_ISLNK(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a symbolic link. A close sibling is stat.S_ISFIFO(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a FIFO (named pipe). More about this category: File stat constants — S_ISDIR, S_ISREG, S_IMODE, S_IFMT. Related Stat Module entries: stat.S_ISDIR(), stat.S_ISREG(), stat.S_ISLNK(), stat.S_ISFIFO(), stat.S_ISSOCK(), stat.S_IFMT(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.