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Asked: 2026-05-25T17:07:19+00:00

I want to set executable permissions for a file I have created in python.

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I want to set executable permissions for a file I have created in python.
If I do os.chmod(file, stat.S_IXUSR), the existing permissions are overwritten. How do I combine the existing permissions for the file with executable permissions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    stat it first.

    mode = os.stat(filename).st_mode
os.chmod(filename, mode | stat.S_IXUSR)
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