kpsestat

compute octal mode from mode of existing file

Synopsis

kpsestat mode file

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examples

source

            
  mkdir "./$pathcomp" || { errstatus=$?; break; }


  chmod `kpsestat ${MT_APPEND_MASK} "$pathcomp"/..` "./$pathcomp"

source

            
  mkdir "./$pathcomp" || { errstatus=$?; break; }


  chmod `kpsestat ${MT_APPEND_MASK} "$pathcomp"/..` "./$pathcomp"


  fi



  pathcomp="$pathcomp/"


  done


  done



  exit $errstatus

description

kpsestat prints the octal permission of file modified according to mode on standard output. The mode parameter accepts a subset of the symbolic permissions accepted by chmod(1). Use = as the mode to obtain the unchanged permissions.

options

kpsestat accepts the following options:

--help

Print help message and exit.

--version

Print version information and exit.

see also

chmod .