Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 22:04:49 +0300
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 19:31:33 +0200
> 
> Does POSIX require the st_mode field to have a particular
> layout, and does it require particular meanings for the
> mode bits?

No and no.

> As it turns out, the Python 'stat' module
> (attached) uses  constants that don't match what DJGPP
> puts into struct stat.

I think this is a bug in Python.  It shouldn't assume that st_mode
bits have particular numeric values.