Java PosixFileAttributeView list permissions
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributeView; import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes; import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission; import java.util.Set; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Path path = Paths.get("home/docs/users.txt"); listPermissions(path);/* w w w. j a v a 2s . c o m*/ } private static void listPermissions(Path path) { try { System.out.println("Permission for " + path.getFileName()); PosixFileAttributeView view = Files.getFileAttributeView(path, PosixFileAttributeView.class); PosixFileAttributes attributes = view.readAttributes(); System.out.println("Group: " + attributes.group().getName()); System.out.println("Owner: " + attributes.owner().getName()); Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions = attributes.permissions(); System.out.print("Permissions: "); for (PosixFilePermission permission : permissions) { System.out.print(permission.name() + " "); } System.out.println(); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }