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What is the meaning of 0o777 as value of mode of mkdir?

I would like to use mkdir in python.

It has a parameter mode, whose default value is '0o777'.

I know file mode 0777 in Linux. However I don't know what o between 0 and 777 is. What is it?

Solution

  • It is a Python friendly way of expressing file permissions, using octal numbers.

    >>> 0o777
511