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Programming with Go, I noticed that the function ioutil.WriteFile (from the ioutil library) needs some numbers as arguments. What do these numbers mean?



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ioutil.WriteFile(file_to_write, byte(string_to_write), 0644) // what 0644 stands for?










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    golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile golang.org/pkg/os/#FileMode
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    They are UNIX filesystem permission bits
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Programming with Go, I noticed that the function ioutil.WriteFile (from the ioutil library) needs some numbers as arguments. What do these numbers mean?



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ioutil.WriteFile(file_to_write, byte(string_to_write), 0644) // what 0644 stands for?










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    golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile golang.org/pkg/os/#FileMode
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    They are UNIX filesystem permission bits
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    Nov 8 at 22:04















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Programming with Go, I noticed that the function ioutil.WriteFile (from the ioutil library) needs some numbers as arguments. What do these numbers mean?



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ioutil.WriteFile(file_to_write, byte(string_to_write), 0644) // what 0644 stands for?










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Programming with Go, I noticed that the function ioutil.WriteFile (from the ioutil library) needs some numbers as arguments. What do these numbers mean?



Example:



ioutil.WriteFile(file_to_write, byte(string_to_write), 0644) // what 0644 stands for?







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    golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile golang.org/pkg/os/#FileMode
    – tkausl
    Nov 8 at 22:01






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    They are UNIX filesystem permission bits
    – maerics
    Nov 8 at 22:04
















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    golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile golang.org/pkg/os/#FileMode
    – tkausl
    Nov 8 at 22:01






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    They are UNIX filesystem permission bits
    – maerics
    Nov 8 at 22:04










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golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile golang.org/pkg/os/#FileMode
– tkausl
Nov 8 at 22:01




golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile golang.org/pkg/os/#FileMode
– tkausl
Nov 8 at 22:01




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They are UNIX filesystem permission bits
– maerics
Nov 8 at 22:04






They are UNIX filesystem permission bits
– maerics
Nov 8 at 22:04














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