stat.st_mode deciphering

[John]

I have a question about the value of st_mode for files and directories.

Given this file and this directory:
drwxrwxr-x 2 chris chris 4096 Jun 17 23:14 foo
-rwxrwxr-x 1 chris chris 13803 Jun 19 09:07 st1

st_mode for the executable st1 is 100775.
st_mode for the directory foo is 40775.

So I get that the 775 is the permissioning, but I can't reckon what the rest
of it is (the 100 and the 40).

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

[John]

Re: stat.st_mode deciphering

Nuts. Sorry for the cross-post. This was intended for
comp.unix.progr ammer.... Where the hell is my breakfast?


"John" <iamlevi3@hotma il.com> wrote in message
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>I have a question about the value of st_mode for files and directories.
>
> Given this file and this directory:
> drwxrwxr-x 2 chris chris 4096 Jun 17 23:14 foo
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 chris chris 13803 Jun 19 09:07 st1
>
> st_mode for the executable st1 is 100775.
> st_mode for the directory foo is 40775.
>
> So I get that the 775 is the permissioning, but I can't reckon what the
> rest of it is (the 100 and the 40).
>
> Any insight is greatly appreciated.
>
>
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