def _convert_pflags(self, pflags):
        """convert SFTP-style open() flags to Python's os.open() flags"""
        if (pflags & SFTP_FLAG_READ) and (pflags & SFTP_FLAG_WRITE):
            flags = os.O_RDWR
        elif pflags & SFTP_FLAG_WRITE:
            flags = os.O_WRONLY
        else:
            flags = os.O_RDONLY
        if pflags & SFTP_FLAG_APPEND:
            flags |= os.O_APPEND
        if pflags & SFTP_FLAG_CREATE:
            flags |= os.O_CREAT
        if pflags & SFTP_FLAG_TRUNC:
            flags |= os.O_TRUNC
        if pflags & SFTP_FLAG_EXCL:
            flags |= os.O_EXCL
        return flags