Add a function/method to read the mode of a file

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#125489 (status was 'resolved')

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From anteusz@freemail.hu

Hi,

I cannot get the mode of a file in Perl 6.

In Perl5,
I can $input_file_permissions = ( stat $input_file )[2] & 0o7777;

Marton

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From @smls

Agreed.

The .mkdir and .chmod methods on IO​::Path (as well as their subroutine forms &mkdir and &chmod), take a numeric $mode argument.

Therefore it only makes sense to also provide a way to fetch this mode number for an existing file.

We can already use the single-letter methods on IO​::Path to get *some* information about the permissions of an existing file from the point of view of the current user​:

  given "foo.txt".IO {
  say "readable" if .r;
  say "writable" if .w;
  say "executable if .x;
  }

But this does not cover the full information that the numeric file mode contains.

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The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

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From @MasterDuke17

Implemented in rakudo/rakudo#773

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From @MasterDuke17

Implemented in Rakudo PR #​773 (rakudo/rakudo#773).

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From @MasterDuke17

Tests added in Raku/roast@9e76d49

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