' filemode.bmx

' the following function converts the file mode to 
' the standard unix permission bits string

Function Permissions$(mode)
	local	testbit,pos
	local	p$="rwxrwxrwx"
	testbit=%100000000
	pos=1
	while (testbit)
		if mode & testbit res$:+mid$(p$,pos,1) else res$:+"-"
		testbit=testbit shr 1
		pos:+1	
	wend
	return res
End Function

print Permissions$(filemode("filemode.bmx"))