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       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       umask — set and get the file mode creation mask

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/stat.h>

       mode_t umask(mode_t cmask);

DESCRIPTION

       The  umask()  function  shall  set the file mode creation mask of the process to cmask and
       return the previous value of the mask.  Only  the  file  permission  bits  of  cmask  (see
       <sys/stat.h>) are used; the meaning of the other bits is implementation-defined.

       The file mode creation mask of the process is used to turn off permission bits in the mode
       argument supplied during calls to the following functions:

        *  open(), openat(), creat(), mkdir(), mkdirat(), mkfifo(), and mkfifoat()

        *  mknod(), mknodat()

        *  mq_open()

        *  sem_open()

       Bit positions that are set in cmask are cleared in the mode of the created file.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       Unsigned argument and return types for umask() were proposed.  The  return  type  and  the
       argument were both changed to mode_t.

       Historical   implementations  have  made  use  of  additional  bits  in  cmask  for  their
       implementation-defined purposes. The addition of the text that the meaning of  other  bits
       of  the  field  is implementation-defined permits these implementations to conform to this
       volume of POSIX.1‐2008.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       creat(), exec, mkdir(), mkfifo(), mknod(), mq_open(), open(), sem_open()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <sys_stat.h>, <sys_types.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
       discrepancy  between  this  version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The  original  Standard
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