Re: "mode" in mkdir()

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:50, Raphael Pirker wrote: > What does the ending "0700" mean in this line? (please don't refer me > to the manual, I read through it...) are these the user-permissions as > you specify them in chmod? > > mkdir ("/path/to/my/dir", 0700); Yes - it's the mode of access to the file. man chmod should give you more info if you need, (if you are on *nix, otherwise $DEITY knows how Win handles this) but in particular: A numeric mode is from one to four octal digits (0-7), derived by adding up the bits with values 4, 2, and 1. Any omitted digits are assumed to be leading zeros. The first digit selects the set user ID (4) and set group ID (2) and save text image [`sticky'] (1) attributes. The second digit selects permissions for the user who owns the file: read (4), write (2), and execute (1); the third selects permissions for other users in the file's group, with the same values; and the fourth for other users not in the file's group, with the same values. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA I'm not lost, I'm "locationally challenged."