NAME

File::Stat::ModeString - conversion file stat(2) mode to/from string representation.

SYNOPSIS

 use File::Stat::ModeString;

 $string  = mode_to_string  ( $st_mode );
 $st_mode = string_to_mode  ( $string  );
 $type    = mode_to_typechar( $st_mode );

 die "Invalid mode in $string"
	if is_mode_string_valid( $string );

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a few functions for conversion between binary and literal representations of file mode bits, including file type.

All of them use only symbolic constants for mode bits from File::Stat::Bits.

FUNCTIONS

is_mode_string_valid( $string )

Returns true if argument matches mode string pattern.

$type = mode_to_typechar( $mode )

Returns file type character of binary mode, '?' on unknown file type.

$string = mode_to_string( $mode )

Converts binary mode value to string representation. '?' in file type field on unknown file type.

$mode = string_to_mode( $string )

Converts string representation of file mode to binary one. Prints warning and returns undef on unknown character.

SEE ALSO

stat(2);

File::Stat::Bits(3);

Stat::lsMode(3);

AUTHOR

Dmitry Fedorov <fedorov@inp.nsk.su>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003, Dmitry Fedorov <fedorov@inp.nsk.su>

LICENCE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

DISCLAIMER

The author disclaims any responsibility for any mangling of your system etc, that this script may cause.

cpanm File::Stat::ModeString

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install File::Stat::ModeString