1UMASK(3P)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 UMASK(3P)
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NAME

13       umask — set and get the file mode creation mask
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SYNOPSIS

16       #include <sys/stat.h>
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18       mode_t umask(mode_t cmask);
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DESCRIPTION

21       The umask() function shall set the  file  mode  creation  mask  of  the
22       process  to  cmask  and return the previous value of the mask. Only the
23       file permission bits of cmask (see <sys/stat.h>) are used; the  meaning
24       of the other bits is implementation-defined.
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26       The  file mode creation mask of the process is used to turn off permis‐
27       sion bits in the mode argument supplied during calls to  the  following
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30        *  open(),  openat(), creat(), mkdir(), mkdirat(), mkfifo(), and mkfi‐
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39       Bit positions that are set in cmask are cleared in the mode of the cre‐
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RETURN VALUE

43       The  file permission bits in the value returned by umask() shall be the
44       previous value of the file mode creation mask. The state of  any  other
45       bits  in  that  value  is unspecified, except that a subsequent call to
46       umask() with the returned value as cmask shall leave the state  of  the
47       mask the same as its state before the first call, including any unspec‐
48       ified use of those bits.
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ERRORS

51       No errors are defined.
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EXAMPLES

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APPLICATION USAGE

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RATIONALE

62       Unsigned argument and return  types  for  umask()  were  proposed.  The
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65       Historical  implementations  have  made use of additional bits in cmask
66       for their implementation-defined purposes. The  addition  of  the  text
67       that  the  meaning of other bits of the field is implementation-defined
68       permits  these  implementations  to   conform   to   this   volume   of
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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

75       creat(),   exec,   mkdir(),   mkfifo(),   mknod(),  mq_open(),  open(),
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78       The   Base   Definitions   volume   of   POSIX.1‐2008,    <sys_stat.h>,
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