IO::Path::Mode
IO::Path::Mode
Augment Raku's IO::Path with a .mode() method to get the file mode
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Synopsis
use IO::Path::Mode;
my $mode = "some-file".IO.mode;
say $mode.set-user-id ?? 'setuid' !! 'not setuid';
say $mode.user.execute ?? 'executable' !! 'not executable';
say $mode.file-type == IO::Path::Mode::File ?? 'file' !! 'something other than a normal file';
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Description
This augments the type IO::Path
to provide a .mode
method
that allows you to get at the file permissions (or mode.) It follows
the POSIX model pf user, group and other permissions and consequently
may not make a meaningful result on e.g. Windows (although the underlying
calls appear to return something approximating the correct answer.)
If you have a more recent rakudo that provides a mode
method, it
will replace that method with one that returns an IO::Path::Mode
object rather than an IntStr
, this is a transitional arrangement
and will be deprecated in a future release in favour of a different
method name.
It relies on some non-specified functionality in the VM so may probably only work with Rakudo on MoarVM.
This is mostly provided as some relief for not having the functionality directly exposed in Rakudo and as a discussion board for the best way of implementing the functionality going forward.
Installation
Assuming you have a working Rakudo installation you should be able to install this with zef :
# From the source directory
zef install .
# Remote installation
zef install IO::Path::Mode
Support
I welcome suggestions, patches and bug reports at https://github.com/jonathanstowe/IO-Path-Mode/issues
I'd be particularly interested in suggestions relating to making
the mode mutable and adding a multi candidate for 'chmod' that
can take an IO::Path::Mode
object.
Licence
This is free software.
Please see the LICENCE file in the distribution
Ā© Jonathan Stowe 2016 - 2021