os.chmod()
method in Python is used to change the mode of path to the numeric mode.
Syntax:
os.chmod(path, mode)
Parameters:
path – path name of the file or directory path
mode – mode may take one of the following values:
- stat.S_ISUID : Set user ID on execution
- stat.S_ISGID : Set group ID on execution
- stat.S_ENFMT : Record locking enforced
- stat.S_ISVTX : Save text image after execution
- stat.S_IREAD : Read by owner.
- stat.S_IWRITE : Write by owner.
- stat.S_IEXEC : Execute by owner.
- stat.S_IRWXU : Read, write, and execute by owner
- stat.S_IRUSR : Read by owner
- stat.S_IWUSR : Write by owner.
- stat.S_IXUSR : Execute by owner.
- stat.S_IRWXG : Read, write, and execute by group
- stat.S_IRGRP : Read by group
- stat.S_IWGRP : Write by group
- stat.S_IXGRP : Execute by group
- stat.S_IRWXO : Read, write, and execute by others.
- stat.S_IROTH : Read by others
- stat.S_IWOTH : Write by others
- stat.S_IXOTH : Execute by others
Code #1:
import os, sys, stat
os.chmod( "/Geeks/gfg.txt" , stat.S_IREAD)
print ( "File can be read only by owner." )
os.chmod( "/Geeks/gfg.txt" , stat.S_IROTH)
print ( "File access changed, can be read by others now." )
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Output:
File can be read only by owner.
File access changed, can be read by others now.
Code #2:
import os, sys, stat
os.chmod( "/Geeks/gfg.txt" , stat.S_IWRITE)
os.chmod( "/Geeks/gfg.txt" , stat.S_IXUSR)
print ( "File can be written and executed only by owner." )
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Output:
File can be written and executed only by owner.
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Last Updated :
21 Sep, 2018
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