umask question

[Linda Card]

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.

[Pete Randall]

Linda,

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


Pete

[Pete Randall]

Linda,

And "a minimum of two digits".


Pete

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

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

[Linda Card]

Thanks for the help.