Getting TypeError in Changing file permissions

[Pranav Bagora]

Hello ,
i am trying to change mode of files using the 
os.chmod()function. But i am getting an error 

" os.chmod(outfile,0700)
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer,
file found"

Please Help,
Pranav

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