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To: "Greg...-*smile*-" <greg@oz.plymouth.edu>
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Subject: Re: umask command
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On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Greg...-*smile*- wrote:

> can someone please explain the umask command to me....
> I found it in my .login

man csh then type /umask[return]

Also,

man umask
man 1 chmod
man 2 chmod

umasks are the "inverse" of chmods BTW...ie touch fred;chmod 744 is
like umask 022; touch fred

Andrew