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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man2/umask.2 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man2/umask.2 b/static/openbsd/man2/umask.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..61d77997 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man2/umask.2 @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: umask.2,v 1.13 2022/02/18 23:17:14 jsg Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: umask.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:39:06 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)umask.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 18 2022 $ +.Dt UMASK 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm umask +.Nd set file creation mode mask +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In sys/stat.h +.Ft mode_t +.Fn umask "mode_t numask" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn umask +routine sets the process's file mode creation mask to +.Fa numask +and returns the previous value of the mask. +Only the read, write, and execute file permission bits of +.Fa numask +are honored, all others are ignored. +.Pp +The file mode creation mask is used by the +.Xr bind 2 , +.Xr mkdir 2 , +.Xr mkdirat 2 , +.Xr mkfifo 2 , +.Xr mkfifoat 2 , +.Xr mknod 2 , +.Xr mknodat 2 , +.Xr open 2 +and +.Xr openat 2 +system calls to turn off corresponding bits requested in the file mode +(see +.Xr chmod 2 ) . +This clearing allows users to restrict the default access to their files. +.Pp +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. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The previous value of the file mode mask is returned by the call. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn umask +function is always successful. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chmod 2 , +.Xr mkdir 2 , +.Xr mkfifo 2 , +.Xr mknod 2 , +.Xr open 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn umask +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2008 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn umask +system call first appeared in +.At v7 . |
