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30.\" @(#)strmode.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 7/28/94
31.\"
32.Dd July 28, 1994
33.Dt STRMODE 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm strmode
37.Nd convert inode status information into a symbolic string
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Fd #include <string.h>
40.Ft void
41.Fn strmode "mode_t mode" "char *bp"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn strmode
45function converts a file
46.Fa mode
47(the type and permission information associated with an inode, see
48.Xr stat 2 )
49into a symbolic string which is stored in the location referenced by
50.Fa bp .
51This stored string is eleven characters in length plus a trailing null byte.
52.Pp
53The first character is the inode type, and will be one of the following:
54.Pp
55.Bl -tag -width flag -offset indent -compact
56.It \-
57regular file
58.It b
59block special
60.It c
61character special
62.It d
63directory
64.It l
65symbolic link
66.It p
67FIFO
68.It s
69socket
70.It w
71whiteout
72.It \&?
73unknown inode type
74.El
75.Pp
76The next nine characters encode three sets of permissions, in three
77characters each.
78The first three characters are the permissions for the owner of the
79file, the second three for the group the file belongs to, and the
80third for the
81.Dq other ,
82or default, set of users.
83.Pp
84Permission checking is done as specifically as possible.
85If read permission is denied to the owner of a file in the first set
86of permissions, the owner of the file will not be able to read the file.
87This is true even if the owner is in the file's group and the group
88permissions allow reading or the
89.Dq other
90permissions allow reading.
91.Pp
92If the first character of the three character set is an
93.Sq r ,
94the file is readable for that set of users; if a dash
95.Pq Ql - ,
96it is not readable.
97.Pp
98If the second character of the three character set is a
99.Sq w ,
100the file is writable for that set of users; if a dash
101.Pq Ql - ,
102it is not writable.
103.Pp
104The third character is the first of the following characters that apply:
105.Bl -tag -width xxxx
106.It S
107If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is not
108executable or the directory is not searchable by the owner, and the
109set-user-ID bit is set.
110.It S
111If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is not
112executable or the directory is not searchable by the group, and the
113set-group-ID bit is set.
114.It T
115If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is not
116executable or the directory is not searchable by others, and the
117.Dq sticky
118.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
119bit is set.
120.It s
121If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is
122executable or the directory searchable by the owner, and the set-user-ID
123bit is set.
124.It s
125If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is
126executable or the directory searchable by the group, and the set-group-ID
127bit is set.
128.It t
129If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is
130executable or the directory searchable by others, and the
131.Dq sticky
132.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
133bit is set.
134.It x
135The file is executable or the directory is searchable.
136.It \-
137None of the above apply.
138.El
139.Pp
140The last character is a plus sign
141.Pq Ql +
142if there are any alternate
143or additional access control methods associated with the inode, otherwise
144it will be a space.
145.Sh RETURN VALUES
146The
147.Fn strmode
148function always returns 0.
149.Sh SEE ALSO
150.Xr chmod 1 ,
151.Xr find 1 ,
152.Xr stat 2 ,
153.Xr getmode 3 ,
154.Xr setmode 3
155.Sh HISTORY
156The
157.Fn strmode
158function first appeared in
159.Bx 4.4 .