GNU bug report logs - #61708
28.2; file-modes-symbolic-to-number inconsistency

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>

Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>, 61708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61708: 28.2; file-modes-symbolic-to-number inconsistency
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:40:21 +0000

>>> How one convert the output of (nth 8 (file-attributes "/home/user")) 
>>> to numeric mode?
>>
>> (file-modes "/home/user")
>
> Yes, thanks I know this one, what I want to convert is e.g. "-rwxr-x---" 
> to number.
>

(defun symbolic-mode-to-number (mode)
  (string-to-number
   (replace-regexp-in-string
    "[^0]" "1"
    (string-replace "-" "0" mode))
   2))
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