topic Re: umask question in Operating System - HP-UX

umask question

Linda Card — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:02:33 GMT

I did a umask on my 10.20 box and got
back 02 (that is - zero two). Do I read this
as 002? And will new files will be created with 775 perms? I read in archive that "x" doesn't translate in umask; so would that mean new files would be created 664 with the 02 umask?

Thanks for help.

Re: umask question

Pete Randall — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:05:21 GMT

Linda,

Yes, it states in the man page that "leading zeros can be omitted".

Pete

Re: umask question

Pete Randall — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:06:07 GMT

Linda,

And "a minimum of two digits".

Pete

Re: umask question

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:09:41 GMT

umask 022

touch filenmae

rw r r

Are the resultant permissions

umask 02

permissions

rw rw r

Permissions on the second test produces 664.

Sometimes testing is the way to go.

One caveat, that I don't think should matter: My test occurred on hp-ux 11i v1

SEP

Re: umask question

Linda Card — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:25:48 GMT

Thanks for the help.