UMASK(2)                 DOMAIN/IX SYS5                  UMASK(2)



NAME
     umask - set/get file creation mask

USAGE
     int umask(cmask)
     int cmask;


DESCRIPTION
     Umask sets the process's file mode creation mask to cmask
     and returns the previous value of the mask.  Only the low-
     order 9 bits of cmask and the file mode creation mask are
     used.

RETURN VALUE
     The previous value of the file mode creation mask is
     returned.

RELATED INFORMATION
     mkdir(1), sh(1), chmod(2), creat(2), mknod(2), open(2)

































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