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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 1997 17:59:24 +1100 (EST)
From:      andrew@ugh.net.au
To:        "Greg...-*smile*-" <greg@oz.plymouth.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: umask command
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971104175509.25354E-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9711040300.AA05818@oz.plymouth.edu>

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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




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