os.FileMode value appears it should be in octal

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Metadata

ID: go-best-practices/non-octal-os-filemode

Language: Go

Severity: Warning

Category: Best Practices

Description

You do not need to convert the string into a slice of bytes to use Write, you can just use the string directly.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.OpenFile("notes.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 644)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}

Compliant Code Examples

package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.OpenFile("notes.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}