How do you do a simple "chmod +x" from within python?
chmod, python
Solution
Use `os.stat()` to get the current permissions, use `|` to OR the bits together, and use `os.chmod()` to set the updated permissions.
Example:
import os
import stat
st = os.stat('somefile')
os.chmod('somefile', st.st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
Problem
I want to create a file from within a python script that is executable. ``` import os import stat os.chmod('somefile', stat.S_IEXEC) ``` it appears `os.chmod` doesn't 'add' permissions the way unix `chmod` does. With the last line commented out, the file has the filemode `-rw-r--r--`, with it not commented out, the file mode is `---x------`. How can I just add the `u+x` flag while keeping the rest of the modes intact?