umask(2)umask(2)NAMEumask - set and get file creation mask
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
mode_t umask(mode_t cmask);
DESCRIPTIONumask sets the process's file mode creation mask to cmask and returns the
previous value of the mask. Only the access permission bits of cmask and
the file mode creation mask are used.
FILES
Message catalog: uxcore.abi
SEE ALSOmkdir(1), sh(1), chmod(2), creat(2), mknod(2), open(2), stat(5)DIAGNOSTICS
The previous value of the file mode creation mask is returned.
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