Andreas Schwab writes: > On Feb 22 2023, Thierry Volpiatto wrote: > >> (format "%o" (file-modes-symbolic-to-number "u=rwx,g=r-x,o=---")) >> "740" > > This is the correct interpretation of the mode string, with "g=r-x" > meaning the same as "g=r,g-x" or just "g=r". So how do you interpret this: "drwxr-x---" (from file-attributes)? "u=?,g=?,o=?" to pass it to file-modes-symbolic-to-number? (nth 8 (file-attributes "/home/user")) "drwxr-x---" (read-file-modes nil "/home/user") #o750 Thanks. > See > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/chmod.html > for the full syntax. -- Thierry