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+.\"     @(#)strmode.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
+.\"
+.Dd December 11, 1993
+.Dt STRMODE 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm strmode
+.Nd convert inode status information into a symbolic string
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <string.h>
+.Ft void
+.Fn strmode "mode_t mode" "char *bp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn strmode
+function
+converts a file
+.Fa mode
+(the type and permission information associated with an inode, see
+.Xr stat 2 )
+into a symbolic string which is stored in the location referenced by
+.Fa bp .
+This stored string is eleven characters in length plus a trailing
+.Dv NULL .
+.Pp
+The first character is the inode type, and will be one of the following:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width flag -offset indent -compact
+.It \-
+regular file
+.It b
+block special
+.It c
+character special
+.It d
+directory
+.It l
+symbolic link
+.It p
+fifo
+.It s
+socket
+.It ?
+unknown inode type
+.El
+.Pp
+The next nine characters encode three sets of permissions, in three
+characters each.
+The first three characters are the permissions for the owner of the
+file, the second three for the group the file belongs to, and the
+third for the ``other'', or default, set of users.
+.Pp
+Permission checking is done as specifically as possible.
+If read permission is denied to the owner of a file in the first set
+of permissions, the owner of the file will not be able to read the file.
+This is true even if the owner is in the file's group and the group
+permissions allow reading or the ``other'' permissions allow reading.
+.Pp
+If the first character of the three character set is an ``r'', the file is
+readable for that set of users; if a dash ``\-'', it is not readable.
+.Pp
+If the second character of the three character set is a ``w'', the file is
+writable for that set of users; if a dash ``\-'', it is not writable.
+.Pp
+The third character is the first of the following characters that apply:
+.Bl -tag -width xxxx
+.It S
+If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is not
+executable or the directory is not searchable by the owner, and the
+set-user-id bit is set.
+.It S
+If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is not
+executable or the directory is not searchable by the group, and the
+set-group-id bit is set.
+.It T
+If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is not
+executable or the directory is not searchable by others, and the ``sticky''
+.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
+bit is set.
+.It s
+If the character is part of the owner permissions and the file is
+executable or the directory searchable by the owner, and the set-user-id
+bit is set.
+.It s
+If the character is part of the group permissions and the file is
+executable or the directory searchable by the group, and the set-group-id
+bit is set.
+.It t
+If the character is part of the other permissions and the file is
+executable or the directory searchable by others, and the ``sticky''
+.Pq Dv S_ISVTX
+bit is set.
+.It x
+The file is executable or the directory is searchable.
+.It \-
+None of the above apply.
+.El
+.Pp
+The last character is a plus sign ``+'' if any there are any alternate
+or additional access control methods associated with the inode, otherwise
+it will be a space.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn strmode
+function
+always returns 0.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr chmod 1 ,
+.Xr find 1 ,
+.Xr stat 2 ,
+.Xr getmode 3 ,
+.Xr setmode 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn strmode
+function first appeared in 4.4BSD.