From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 8:35: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel1.hp.com (atlrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F5D37BC93 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:34:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gene_dinkey@hp.com) Received: from amrelay1.boi.hp.com (amrelay1.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.24]) by atlrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51711266; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from xboibrg1.boi.hp.com (xboibrg1.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.167]) by amrelay1.boi.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with SMTP id JAA10119; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:33:58 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 15.56.8.167 by xboibrg1.boi.hp.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:33:57 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Received: by xboibrg1.boi.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:33:57 -0600 Message-ID: From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" , "'mhjoshi@att.net'" , questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Unix questions Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:33:51 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just received a correction, /dev/null returns the charecter \0 not 0. /dev/zero will return zero. Thanks >-----Original Message----- >From: DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) [mailto:gene_dinkey@hp.com] >Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:08 AM >To: 'mhjoshi@att.net'; questions@FreeBSD.org >Subject: RE: Unix questions > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: mhjoshi@att.net [mailto:mhjoshi@att.net] >>Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:57 AM >>To: questions@FreeBSD.org >>Subject: Unix questions >> >>2. What directory is known as "bin bucket in the sky." > >I believe you would be refering to /dev/null - anything put in there >dissapears into computer limbo and anything that reads from >/dev/null is >always zero > >>5. If unmask is 022, the the following commands are >>executed. >>mkdir cat >>cat refer.txt > newpermiss >>what permissions will cat and newpremiss will have? > >The files will have mode 755 on creation. > >full access --> 777 >minus umask --> 022 >--------------------- >permision --> 755 > >Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but this is it to the best of my >understanding > >Gene Dinkey > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message