umask2
Set file creation mode mask
Usage
#include <sys/stat.h>
mode_t
umask(mode_t numask);
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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), and mkfifo(2), to turn off corresponding bits requested in 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.
Return values
The previous value of the file mode mask is returned by the call.
Errors
The umask() system call is always successful.
Releases
87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 46 times.