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File Permissions on Deno.FileInfo

Hello. As a programming exercise I'm trying to convert a Decimal number into Octal and that Octal representation into a Unix File Permission representation (drwx-).

* I have a directory with the number
16877
->
40755

* I have a file with the number
33188
->
100644


Questions:

* Why does the first Octal number have 5 digits and the second one 6?
* I understand the meaning of the last 3 digits, but I don't understand the meaning of the
40
and the
100
. Should I interpret the number from right to left?


According to ChatGPT:

The leftmost digit represents the file type. It can have various values depending on the file type, such as:

0: Regular file
1: FIFO (named pipe)
2: Directory
3: Symbolic link
4: Socket
5: Block device
6: Character device

If that's true why is my directory giving me a mode of
4
i.e. Socket and not
2
(Directory)?
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