Re: umask has no man page?
On 02/11/14 13:18, Carl Fink wrote:
> When I wanted the options for umask, I typed 'man umask' and got the man
> page for it as a C header diretive? (I'm not a C programmer, but it seemed
> to be for C header files and came from section 2.)
>
> This is darn confusing for a new user.
Agreed (also that umask is).
https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/umask
> I have been around long enough
> (slink) that I quickly realized it must be a Bash builtin and found that man
> page, but how would a beginner know that? Surely a symbolic link could be
> set up for umask as well as the others (bg, eval, fg, read, etc.)?
>
> Should I file this as a bug against Sid? I know there's no chance it will
> make it into Wheezy.
>
man pam_umask
Ref:-
man -k umask
Kind regards
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