(python) meaning of st_mode
<p>first, sorry if my English is bad<br>
I'm newbie in python too...  </p>

<p>Can anyone tell me what is the meaning of the number from the ST_MODE function<br>
example:</p>

<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt;import os
&gt;&gt;&gt;stat = os.stat('/home')  
&gt;&gt;&gt;print stat.st_mode  
16877  
</code></pre>

<p>it prints '16877'. What is that for?</p>
