Ok, so now I have a very interesting problem, this time related to os.chmod. I have the following in a text file: 0600. My script reads that number as a string and converts it to an integer for use with chmod. However, when I do this, instead of the rw------ permissions that I expect, I get ---x-wx--T. I tried placing 0600 directly in the command (chmod(filename, 0600)), and that worked as expected (I got rw------). So then I entered the command print 0600, and saw that the actual number being output was 384 (why would it output 384?!) I put 384 in place of 0600 (chmod(filename, 384)), and again I got what I wanted (rw------). So, I guess the number 0600 is actually being converted to 384. However, this leaves me with the question: how exactly do I go about getting the number 0600 from my file and turning it into something I can use? int(string) gives me 600, not 384 (which results in the funky permissions.) If I could figure out how Python was converting 0600 to 384, I could try to emulate that behavior in my script. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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