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32.\" from: @(#)strmode.3 5.4 (Berkeley) 7/31/91
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34.\"
35.Dd July 31, 1991
36.Dt STRMODE 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm strmode
40.Nd convert inode status information into a symbolic string
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <string.h>
43.Ft void
44.Fn strmode "mode_t mode" "char *bp"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn strmode
48function
49converts a file
50.Fa mode
51(the type and permission information associated with an inode, see
52.Xr stat 2 )
53into a symbolic string which is stored in the location referenced by
54.Fa bp .
55This stored string is eleven characters in length plus a trailing
56.Dv NULL .
57.Pp
58The first character is the inode type, and will be one of the following:
59.Pp
60.Bl -tag -width flag -offset indent -compact
61.It \-
62regular file
63.It b
64block special
65.It c
66character special
67.It d
68directory
69.It l
70symbolic link
71.It p
72fifo
73.It s
74socket
75.It ?
76unknown inode type
77.El
78.Pp
79The next nine characters encode three sets of permissions, in three
80characters each.
81The first three characters are the permissions for the owner of the
82file, the second three for the group the file belongs to, and the
83third for the ``other'', or default, set of users.
84.Pp
85Permission checking is done as specifically as possible.
86If read permission is denied to the owner of a file in the first set
87of permissions, the owner of the file will not be able to read the file.
88This is true even if the owner is in the file's group and the group
89permissions allow reading or the ``other'' permissions allow reading.
90.Pp
91If the first character of the three character set is an ``r'', the file is
92readable for that set of users; if a dash ``\-'', it is not readable.
93.Pp
94If the second character of the three character set is a ``w'', the file is
95writable for that set of users; if a dash ``\-'', it is not writable.
96.Pp
97The third character is the first of the following characters that apply:
98.Bl -tag -width xxxx
99.It S
100If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is not
101executable or the directory is not searchable, by the owner, and the
102set-user-id bit is set.
103.It S
104If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is not
105executable or the directory is not searchable, by the group, and the
106set-group-id bit is set.
107.It T
108If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is not
109executable or the directory is not searchable, by others, and the ``sticky''
110.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
111bit is set.
112.It s
113If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is
114executable or the directory searchable, by the owner, and the set-user-id
115bit is set.
116.It s
117If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is
118executable or the directory searchable, by the group, and the set-group-id
119bit is set.
120.It t
121If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is
122executable or the directory searchable, by others, and the ``sticky''
123.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
124bit is set.
125.It x
126The file is executable or the directory is searchable.
127.It \-
128None of the above apply.
129.El
130.Pp
131The last character is a plus sign ``+'' if any there are any alternate
132or additional access control methods associated with the inode, otherwise
133it will be a space.
134.Sh RETURN VALUES
135The
136.Fn strmode
137function
138always returns 0.
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr chmod 1 ,
141.Xr find 1 ,
142.Xr stat 2 ,
143.Xr getmode 3 ,
144.Xr setmode 3
145.Sh HISTORY
146The
147.Fn strmode
148function
149.Ud .