How can I get the Unix permission mask from a file? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can just run a Bash stat command with Popen if you want:

The normal Bash command:

jlc@server:~/NetBeansProjects/LineReverse$ stat -c '%A %a %n' revline.c
-rw-rw-r-- 664 revline.c

And then with Python:

>>> from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
>>> fname = 'revline.c'
>>> cmd = "stat -c '%A %a %n' " + fname
>>> out = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].split()[1].decode()
>>> out
'664'

And here's another way if you feel like searching the directory:

>>> from os import popen
>>> cmd = "stat -c '%A %a %n' *"
>>> fname = 'revline.c'
>>> for i in popen(cmd):
...     p, m, n = i.split()
...     if n != fname:
...         continue
...     print(m)
        break
... 
664
>>>