Crate unix_mode

Manipulate Unix file mode bits.

Every filesystem entry (or inode) on Unix has a bit field of mode bits that describe both the type of the file and its permissions.

These are classically displayed in the left of ls output, and the permissions can be changed with chmod.

The encoding is fairly standard across unices, and occurs in some file formats and network protocols that might be seen on non-Unix platforms.

This library isn't Unix-specific and doesn't depend on the underlying OS to interpret the bits.

For example, this can be used with the return value from std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt::mode().

The names of the predicate functions match std::fs::FileType and std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt.

Functions

is_block_device	Returns true if this mode represents a block device.
is_char_device	Returns true if this mode represents a character device.
is_dir	Returns true if this mode represents a directory.
is_fifo	Returns true if this mode represents a fifo, also known as a named pipe.
is_file	Returns true if this mode represents a regular file.
is_socket	Returns true if this mode represents a Unix-domain socket.
is_symlink	Returns true if this mode represents a symlink.
to_string	Convert Unix mode bits to a text string describing type and permissions, as shown in ls.