Re: Could anyone add more comment on fileperms() function?

I've found it in Unix file permissions document. It's a 16-bit word contains file type and mode, that's what this function returned. I wonder if there could be a brief description in fileperm() manual. "Dallas Thunder" <dallas@php.net> wrote in message news:20020928001752.79360.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > It simply said "Returns the permissions on the file" on fileperms() manual > page. > It returns a numeric value, such as 100644 in octal value. I know 644 is > "rw-r--r--", but what's 100 for? Thanks. > >