stmode
Stmode is a term encountered in several computing contexts, most often as a reference to a mode or state related to file metadata or software configuration. In many technical discussions, stmode is closely associated with the POSIX stat data structure, where st_mode is a field that encodes both the type of a file and its permission bits.
In POSIX systems, the st_mode field is a bitwise combination that indicates what kind of file an
In practice, stmode appears in various programming languages that expose the POSIX stat result. In C, a
Outside the POSIX context, stmode or STMODE may be used as an acronym or identifier within a