> that it's quite a generic way of converting UNIX files permissions given > by a mode into a string of the form rw[xsS]rw[xsS]rw[xtT]. > > If I'm not overseeing a detail, I would suggest removing the prefix for > consistency and to indicate the broader usage scenario. And maybe change it to have "file_mode" or "Unix_file_mode" in the name. Vern