Arnab Karmakar d4707ff197 IMPALA-13941: Add helper to format file permissions as UNIX-style string
This change introduces a utility method FormatPermissions() that
converts mode_t permission bits into a human-readable string
(e.g., "drwxrwxrwt"). It correctly handles file type indicators,
owner/group/other read-write-execute bits, and special bits
such as setuid, setgid, and sticky.

This improves log readability and debugging for file metadata-related
operations by providing consistent, ls-style permission formatting.

Testing:
- Added unit tests validating permission string output for:
  - Regular files, directories, symlinks, sockets
  - All rwx combinations for user/group/other
  - setuid, setgid, and sticky bit behavior

Change-Id: Ib53dbecd5c202e33b6e3b5cd3a372a77d8b1703a
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/23714
Reviewed-by: Riza Suminto <riza.suminto@cloudera.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Smith <michael.smith@cloudera.com>
Tested-by: Michael Smith <michael.smith@cloudera.com>
2025-12-01 19:07:00 +00:00

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Lightning-fast, distributed SQL queries for petabytes of data stored in open data and table formats.

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