From 9dd3dfef6a044909931197f2e7e6813ab2af4391 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scivision <scivision@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:17:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add get_permissions()

---
 +stdlib/get_permissions.m | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 +stdlib/get_permissions.m

diff --git a/+stdlib/get_permissions.m b/+stdlib/get_permissions.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..862e59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/+stdlib/get_permissions.m
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+function p = get_permissions(f)
+arguments
+  f (1,1) string
+end
+
+p = string.empty;
+
+% Get the permissions of a file or directory
+[status, v] = fileattrib(f);
+if status == 0
+  return
+end
+
+% Extract the permission string
+p = "---------"; % Default permissions
+if v.UserRead
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 1, 1, "r");
+end
+if v.UserWrite
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 2, 2, "w");
+end
+if v.UserExecute
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 3, 3, "x");
+end
+if v.GroupRead
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 4, 4, "r");
+end
+if v.GroupWrite
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 5, 5, "w");
+end
+if v.GroupExecute
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 6, 6, "x");
+end
+if v.OtherRead
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 7, 7, "r");
+end
+if v.OtherWrite
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 8, 8, "w");
+end
+if v.OtherExecute
+  p = replaceBetween(p, 9, 9, "x");
+end
+
+end