I've got a problem (with IPC::PerlSSH::IO): somehow numeric mode values doesn't seem to work, while their symbol equivalents work. Now, as I'm doing Fuse work here, I get proper numeric mode values as "open-requests" and have to pass these on to IPC::PerlSSH::IO::open(), an open-implementation that only accepts the symbolized form, as it seems.

Is there any way to convert between numeric<->symbols? (As mocked up in "magig_func" below)? 
my $symbols = magic_func(some numeric mode value);        # $symbols set to '<', for "read"
my $symbols = magic_func(another numeric mode value);     # $symbols set to '>', for "write"
my $symbols = magic_func(yet another numeric mode value); # $symbols set to '+<', for "read+"
If anyone can tell me why IPC::PerlSSH::IO::open() only works when I pass it symbols - please do so.

In reply to open(): Is there a simple way to map between numeric open modes and "symbol modes"? (solved) by isync

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