[Lazarus] fpchmod illegal character "&"

[Vincent Snijders]

Bart schreef:
> Hi David,
> 
> Look at the function definition:
> 
> Function  FpChmod   (path : AnsiString; Mode : TMode): cInt; inline;
> 
> The second parameter must be of type TMode, so you cannot use a "&" in it.
> 
> What does  "&"755 do if you run chmode from terminal?
> (What is the meaning of the ampersand in front of the 755 in this case?)

& means an octal number.

&777 seems a valid octal number and is used in this fpChmod example:
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/baseunix/fpchmod.html

Vincent