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# Python2.x Python os.major() Method [ Python OS File/Directory Methods](#) * * * ### Overview The os.major() method is used to extract the major device number from a raw device number (using the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat). ### Syntax The syntax for the **major()** method is as follows: os.major(device) ### Parameters * **device** -- The raw device number from which to extract the major device number (using the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat). ### Return Value Returns the major device number. ### Example The following example demonstrates the use of the major() method: #!/usr/bin/python# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-import os, sys path = "/var/www/html/foo.txt"# Get the tuple info = os.lstat(path)# Get major and minor device numbers 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 The output of the above program is: Major device number : 0Minor device number : 103 [ Python OS File/Directory Methods](#)