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# Python3.x Python3 os.major() Method
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### Overview
The os.major() method is used to extract the device major number from the 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 device major number (using the st_dev or st_rdev field from stat).
### Return Value
Returns the device major number.
### Example
The following example demonstrates the usage of the major() method:
#!/usr/bin/python3import 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 executing the above program is:
Major device number : 0Minor device number : 103
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