changing a file's permissions

[Max Erickson]

James <oscartheduck at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm writing a script in linux to excercise my python skills and
> have encountered a minor issue.
> 
> Writing the script and creating an ouput file was simple enough
> and didn't take too long. However, I don't have permissions to
> execute the file by default. Now, I could simply chmod 755 the
> sucker and have done with it, but I want to apply the permissions
> within the python script if I can. 
> 
> So my question is: how does one change a file's permissions
> inside of python?
> 
> James
> 

Assuming you want to operate on the output file:

import os
os.chmod(path, 755)


Hope this helps,

max