std::filesystem::perms

Defined in header `<filesystem>`
enum class perms;		(since C++17)

This type represents file access permissions. perms satisfies the requirements of BitmaskType (which means the bitwise operators operator&, operator|, operator^, operator~, operator&=, operator|=, and operator^= are defined for this type).

Access permissions model POSIX permission bits, and any individual file permissions (as reported by status) are a combination of some of the following bits:

Member constants

Member constant	Value (octal)	POSIX equivalent	Meaning
`none`	`0`		no permission bits are set
`owner_read`	`0400`	`S_IRUSR`	File owner has read permission
`owner_write`	`0200`	`S_IWUSR`	File owner has write permission
`owner_exec`	`0100`	`S_IXUSR`	File owner has execute/search permission
`owner_all`	`0700`	`S_IRWXU`	File owner has read, write, and execute/search permissions Equivalent to `owner_read \| owner_write \| owner_exec`.
`group_read`	`040`	`S_IRGRP`	The file's user group has read permission
`group_write`	`020`	`S_IWGRP`	The file's user group has write permission
`group_exec`	`010`	`S_IXGRP`	The file's user group has execute/search permission
`group_all`	`070`	`S_IRWXG`	The file's user group has read, write, and execute/search permissions Equivalent to `group_read \| group_write \| group_exec`.
`others_read`	`04`	`S_IROTH`	Other users have read permission
`others_write`	`02`	`S_IWOTH`	Other users have write permission
`others_exec`	`01`	`S_IXOTH`	Other users have execute/search permission
`others_all`	`07`	`S_IRWXO`	Other users have read, write, and execute/search permissions Equivalent to `others_read \| others_write \| others_exec`.
`all`	`0777`		All users have read, write, and execute/search permissions Equivalent to `owner_all \| group_all \| others_all`.
`set_uid`	`04000`	`S_ISUID`	Set user ID to file owner user ID on execution
`set_gid`	`02000`	`S_ISGID`	Set group ID to file's user group ID on execution
`sticky_bit`	`01000`	`S_ISVTX`	Implementation-defined meaning, but POSIX XSI specifies that when set on a directory, only file owners may delete files even if the directory is writeable to others (used with `/tmp`)
`mask`	`07777`		All valid permission bits. Equivalent to `all \| set_uid \| set_gid \| sticky_bit`.

Additionally, the following constants of this type are defined, which do not represent permissions:

Member constant	Value (hex)	Meaning
`unknown`	`0xFFFF`	Unknown permissions (e.g. when file_status is created without permissions)

Notes

Permissions may not necessarily be implemented as bits, but they are treated that way conceptually.

Some permission bits may be ignored on some systems, and changing some bits may automatically change others (e.g. on platforms without owner/group/all distinction, setting any of the three write bits set all three).

Example

#include <fstream>
#include <bitset>
#include <iostream>
#include <filesystem>
namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
void demo_perms(fs::perms p)
{
    std::cout << ((p & fs::perms::owner_read) != fs::perms::none ? "r" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::owner_write) != fs::perms::none ? "w" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::owner_exec) != fs::perms::none ? "x" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::group_read) != fs::perms::none ? "r" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::group_write) != fs::perms::none ? "w" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::group_exec) != fs::perms::none ? "x" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::others_read) != fs::perms::none ? "r" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::others_write) != fs::perms::none ? "w" : "-")
              << ((p & fs::perms::others_exec) != fs::perms::none ? "x" : "-")
              << '\n';
}
int main()
{
    std::ofstream("test.txt"); // create file
 
    std::cout << "Created file with permissions: ";
    demo_perms(fs::status("test.txt").permissions());
 
    fs::permissions("test.txt",
                    fs::perms::owner_all | fs::perms::group_all,
                    fs::perm_options::add);
 
    std::cout << "After adding o+rwx and g+rwx:  ";
    demo_perms(fs::status("test.txt").permissions());
 
    fs::remove("test.txt");
}

Possible output:

Created file with permissions: rw-r--r--
After adding o+rwx and g+wrx:  rwxrwxr--

statussymlink_status (C++17)(C++17)	determines file attributes determines file attributes, checking the symlink target (function)
permissions (C++17)	modifies file access permissions (function)

std::filesystem::perms

Member constants

Notes

Example

See also