Python os.major() Method

Description

The method major() extract the device major number from a raw device number (usually the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat).

Syntax

Following is the syntax for major() method

os.major(device)

Parameters

• device -- This is a raw device number (usually the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat).

Return Value

This method returns the device major number.

Example

The following example shows the usage of major() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

path = "/var/www/html/foo.txt"

# Now get  the touple
info = os.lstat(path)

# Get major and minor device number
major_dnum = os.major(info.st_dev)
minor_dnum = os.minor(info.st_dev)

print "Major Device Number :", major_dnum
print "Minor Device Number :", minor_dnum

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Major Device Number : 0
Minor Device Number : 103