[Tutor] How to get file permissions (Python 2.4)?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 01:13:28AM +0000, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 19/03/14 16:48, leam hall wrote:
> >I can use os.chmod('/usr/local/somefile') to change permissions but I
> >haven't been able to find a way to test for file modes.
> >
> >>>>stat.S_IRWXU('/usr/bin/python')
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
> >
> >What should I be looking for? Python 2.4.3 (RHEL 5)
> 
> v2.4? Hmm, old. I think this is still valid tho'....

2.4 is old, but it's still supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so it 
will be around for a few more years.


-- 
Steven