os.MkDir and os.MkDirAll permission value?

Question

I\'m trying to create a log file at the start of my program.

I need to check if a \"/log\" directory exists if it doesn\'t create the directory then move on to creat

Answer 1

You can use octal notation directly:

os.Mkdir("dirname", 0700)

Permission Bits

+-----+---+--------------------------+
| rwx | 7 | Read, write and execute  |
| rw- | 6 | Read, write              |
| r-x | 5 | Read, and execute        |
| r-- | 4 | Read,                    |
| -wx | 3 | Write and execute        |
| -w- | 2 | Write                    |
| --x | 1 | Execute                  |
| --- | 0 | no permissions           |
+------------------------------------+

+------------+------+-------+
| Permission | Octal| Field |
+------------+------+-------+
| rwx------  | 0700 | User  |
| ---rwx---  | 0070 | Group |
| ------rwx  | 0007 | Other |
+------------+------+-------+

A Unix Permission Primer


Common Permission Usages

0755 Commonly used on web servers. The owner can read, write, execute. Everyone else can read and execute but not modify the file.

0777 Everyone can read write and execute. On a web server, it is not advisable to use ‘777’ permission for your files and folders, as it allows anyone to add malicious code to your server.

0644 Only the owner can read and write. Everyone else can only read. No one can execute the file.

0655 Only the owner can read and write, but not execute the file. Everyone else can read and execute, but cannot modify the file.

www.maketecheasier.com/file-permissions-what-does-chmod-777-means/

Directory Permissions on Linux

When applying permissions to directories on Linux, the permission bits have different meanings than on regular files. (source)

Read bit The user can read the file names contained in the directory.
Write bit The user can {add,rename,delete} files names IF the execute bit is set too.
Execute bit The user can enter the directory and access the files inside.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/21252

Permissions Calculator

A handy permissions calculator.