This method extract the device major number from a raw device number (usually the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat).
Syntax:
os.major(device)
Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
device: A raw device number (usually the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat).
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
path = "/var/www/html/foo.txt"
# Now get the touple
info = os.lstat(path)
# Get major and minor device number
major_dnum = os.major(info.st_dev)
minor_dnum = os.minor(info.st_dev)
print "Major Device Number :", major_dnum
print "Minor Device Number :", minor_dnum