UMASK(2,L)                  AIX Technical Reference                  UMASK(2,L)



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umask



PURPOSE

Sets and gets the value of the file creation mask.

SYNTAX

int umask (cmask)
int cmask;

DESCRIPTION

The umask system call sets the process's file mode creation mask to the value
of the cmask parameter.  Only the low-order 9 bits of the cmask parameter and
the file mode creation mask are used.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, the previous value of the file mode creation mask
is returned.

RELATED INFORMATION

In this book:  "chmod, fchmod,"  "mknod, mknodx, mkfifo," "open, openx, creat,"
and  "stat.h."

The sh, csh, and umask commands in AIX Operating System Commands Reference.
























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