Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.SecureDirectoryStream; import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributeView; import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes; import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission; import java.util.Set; public class Test { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { Path path = Paths.get("home/docs"); SecureDirectoryStream<Path> sds = (SecureDirectoryStream) Files.newDirectoryStream(path); PosixFileAttributeView view = sds.getFileAttributeView(PosixFileAttributeView.class); PosixFileAttributes attributes = view.readAttributes(); Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions = attributes.permissions(); for (PosixFilePermission permission : permissions) { System.out.print(permission.toString() + ' '); } } }