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34.\" @(#)strmode.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 7/28/94
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36.Dd July 28, 1994
37.Dt STRMODE 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm strmode
41.Nd convert inode status information into a symbolic string
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <string.h>
44.Ft void
45.Fn strmode "mode_t mode" "char *bp"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn strmode
49function converts 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 null byte.
56.Pp
57The first character is the inode type, and will be one of the following:
58.Pp
59.Bl -tag -width flag -offset indent -compact
60.It \-
61regular file
62.It b
63block special
64.It c
65character special
66.It d
67directory
68.It l
69symbolic link
70.It p
71fifo
72.It s
73socket
74.It w
75whiteout
76.It ?
77unknown inode type
78.El
79.Pp
80The next nine characters encode three sets of permissions, in three
81characters each.
82The first three characters are the permissions for the owner of the
83file, the second three for the group the file belongs to, and the
84third for the
85.Dq other ,
86or default, set of users.
87.Pp
88Permission checking is done as specifically as possible.
89If read permission is denied to the owner of a file in the first set
90of permissions, the owner of the file will not be able to read the file.
91This is true even if the owner is in the file's group and the group
92permissions allow reading or the
93.Dq other
94permissions allow reading.
95.Pp
96If the first character of the three character set is an
97.Sq r ,
98the file is readable for that set of users; if a dash
99.Pq Ql - ,
100it is not readable.
101.Pp
102If the second character of the three character set is a
103.Sq w ,
104the file is writable for that set of users; if a dash
105.Pq Ql - ,
106it is not writable.
107.Pp
108The third character is the first of the following characters that apply:
109.Bl -tag -width xxxx
110.It S
111If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is not
112executable or the directory is not searchable by the owner, and the
113set-user-ID bit is set.
114.It S
115If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is not
116executable or the directory is not searchable by the group, and the
117set-group-ID bit is set.
118.It T
119If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is not
120executable or the directory is not searchable by others, and the
121.Dq sticky
122.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
123bit is set.
124.It s
125If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is
126executable or the directory searchable by the owner, and the set-user-ID
127bit is set.
128.It s
129If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is
130executable or the directory searchable by the group, and the set-group-ID
131bit is set.
132.It t
133If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is
134executable or the directory searchable by others, and the
135.Dq sticky
136.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
137bit is set.
138.It x
139The file is executable or the directory is searchable.
140.It \-
141None of the above apply.
142.El
143.Pp
144The last character is a plus sign
145.Pq Ql +
146if there are any alternate
147or additional access control methods associated with the inode, otherwise
148it will be a space.
149.Sh RETURN VALUES
150The
151.Fn strmode
152function always returns 0.
153.Sh SEE ALSO
154.Xr chmod 1 ,
155.Xr find 1 ,
156.Xr stat 2 ,
157.Xr getmode 3 ,
158.Xr setmode 3
159.Sh HISTORY
160The
161.Fn strmode
162function first appeared in
163.Bx 4.4 .