godoc.go

// Easy file permissions for golang. Easily get and set file permission bits.
//
// This package makes it a breeze to check and modify file permission bits in Linux, Mac, and other Unix systems.
//
//	permissions, err := permbits.Stat("/path/to/my/file")
//	if err != nil {
//		return err
//	}
//
//	// Check to make sure the group can write to the file
//	// If they can't write, update the permissions so they can
//	if !permissions.GroupWrite() {
//	permissions.SetGroupWrite(true)
//		err := permbits.Chmod("/path/to/my/file", permissions)
//		if err != nil {
//			return errors.New("error setting permission on file", err)
//		}
//	}
//	// Also works well with os.File
//	fileInfo, err := file.Stat()
//	if err != nil {
//		return err
//	}
//	fileMode := fileInfo.Mode()
//	permissions := permbits.FileMode(fileMode)
//
//	// Disable write access to the file for everyone but the user
//	permissions.SetGroupWrite(false)
//	permissions.SetOtherWrite(false)
//	permbits.UpdateFileMode(&fileMode, permissions)
//
//	// You can also work with octets directly
//	if permissions != 0777 {
//		return fmt.Errorf("Permissions on file are incorrect. Should be 777, got %o", permissions)
//	}
package permbits