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Miniboss
09-26-2001, 07:45 AM
What exactly does "umask" do? Is it OK to use? I've read some books about it, but it really doesn't say in layman terms.
Thanks,
Miniboss
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Hena
09-26-2001, 08:02 AM
Umask is opposite file permissions of what is used in chmod. So, chmod 775 == umask 002.