code: def get_path_permission(path):
      ''' on platforms that do not support symbolic links,
      lstat is an alias for stat()
      so we return a tuple of both
      '''
      lst = os.lstat(path)
      st = os.stat(path)
      permission = octal_permissions(lst.st_mode), octal_permissions(st.st_mode)
      return permissiof get_path_permission(path):
      ''' on platforms that do not support symbolic links,
      lstat is an alias for stat()
      so we return a tuple of both
      '''
      lst = os.lstat(path)
      st = os.stat(path)
      permission = octal_permissions(lst.st_mode), octal_permissions(st.st_mode)
      return permission
docs: on platforms that do not support symbolic links,
      lstat is an alias for stat()
      so we return a tuple of both