I'm using stat to get the.... well, the stats of a number of files for
reporting.  The st_mode for a regular file, when printed out in octal (%o
modifier), results in a number such as 100744 where the last 3 digits
(octets?) are the permissions specification.  For a directory, the output is
(e.g.) 40744.

Can I instruct printf to show me only the last 4 digits of this number (ie,
0744)?  Or will i have to do some string manipulation on it to get it to
print out the way I want?

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

-cjl

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> Can I instruct printf to show me only the last 4 digits of this number (ie,
> 0744)?  Or will i have to do some string manipulation on it to get it to
> print out the way I want?
>

What about :

printf("%4.4o", x & 07777);

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=)  gorgeous!  I wish I were clever.

Thanks!


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>
> What about :
>
> printf("%4.4o", x & 07777);
>
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> Torgny Lyon <torgny@enterprise.hb.se>
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:39:35 +0000, Torgny Lyon wrote:
 
>
> What about :
>
> printf("%4.4o", x & 07777);

Slight improvement: use ~S_IFMT instead of the hardcoded 07777
value.

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