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Re: strange umask behaviour



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On Monday 08 November 2004 05:15 am, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (07/11/04 18:04), Ali Alphan Bayazit wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 22:05 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > > Hi
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > > In my .bashrc and .bash_profile I have umask set at 022 however when I
> > > create a file, the permissions look like this:
> > >
> > > -rw-r--r--
> >
> > that looks correct to me, (r=4,w=2,x=1)
> > mask 666 using 022 = 644
>
> My understanding is that it is mask 777 using 022 = 755

666 - 022 = 644 (This is applicable for files)
777 - 022 = 755 (This is applicable for folders)


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