[RndTbl] How does umask really work

David M Greggs dmgreggs at us.ibm.com
Tue Aug 2 10:47:56 CDT 2005


The umask is applied as follows:

Files:  Start with 666
Directories:  Start with 777

Applying the umask with these initial settings makes the result 
understandable.

Thanks 
David M. Greggs 
Senior Technical Services Specialist
Western Region Brand Services
Rational Software 
IBM Software Group 
the software-development company 
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