UMASK(2) | System Calls Manual | UMASK(2) |
umask
— set file
creation mode mask
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
mode_t
umask
(mode_t
numask);
The
umask
()
routine sets the process's file mode creation mask to
numask and returns the previous value of the mask. The
9 low-order access permission bits of numask are used
by system calls, including
open(2),
mkdir(2),
mkfifo(2) and
mknod(2) to turn off
corresponding bits requested in the file mode (see
chmod(2)). This clearing
allows each user to restrict the default access to his files.
The default mask value is S_IWGRP|S_IWOTH (022, write access for the owner only). Child processes inherit the mask of the calling process.
The previous value of the file mode mask is returned by the call.
The umask
() function is always
successful.
The umask
() function conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).
The umask
() system call first appeared in
Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
July 17, 2013 | OpenBSD-5.6 |