Re: Unwanted Octal to Decimal Conversion

[borisz]

I can't see the real problem here.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use constant GROUP_READ => 0040;
use constant OWNER_READ => 0400;
my $mask = GROUP_READ | OWNER_READ;
printf "my mask is %04o", $mask;

[ambrus]

I recommend "%05o" or "%#04o" because permission are 12 bit long and this way there will always be a preceding zero to indicate octalness.

[borisz]

You are right. then I like "0%04o". It is most readable for me.