import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/xdg@v10.5.1/vendor/types/deno.d.ts";
const { chmod } = Deno;
Changes the permission of a specific file/directory of specified path. Ignores the process's umask.
await Deno.chmod("/path/to/file", 0o666);
The mode is a sequence of 3 octal numbers. The first/left-most number specifies the permissions for the owner. The second number specifies the permissions for the group. The last/right-most number specifies the permissions for others. For example, with a mode of 0o764, the owner (7) can read/write/execute, the group (6) can read/write and everyone else (4) can read only.
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 7 | read, write, and execute |
| 6 | read and write |
| 5 | read and execute |
| 4 | read only |
| 3 | write and execute |
| 2 | write only |
| 1 | execute only |
| 0 | no permission |
NOTE: This API currently throws on Windows
Requires allow-write permission.
Parameters
path: string | URL