umask()

Set the file-mode creation mask for the process

Synopsis:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

mode_t umask( mode_t cmask );

Arguments:

cmask
The new file-mode creation mask; that is, the permissions that you don't want set when the process creates a file. The mask is a combination of these bits:
Owner Group Others Permission
S_IRUSR S_IRGRP S_IROTH Read
S_IRWXU S_IRWXG S_IRWXO Read, write, execute/search; a bitwise inclusive OR of the other three constants. (S_IRWXU is OR of IRUSR, S_IWSUR and S_IXUSR.)
S_IWUSR S_IWGRP S_IWOTH Write
S_IXUSR S_IXGRP S_IXOTH Execute/search

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The umask() function sets the process's file-mode creation mask to cmask, and returns the previous value of the mask. Only the file permission bits (as defined in <sys/stat.h>) are used.

In order to change the mask for a process with a different effective user ID, your process must have the PROCMGR_AID_UMASK ability enabled. For more information, see procmgr_ability() .

The file-mode creation mask for the process is used when you call creat() , mkdir() , mkfifo() , and open() , to turn off permission bits in the mode argument supplied. Bit positions set in cmask are cleared in the mode of the created file.

Returns:

The previous value of the file-mode creation mask.

Examples:

/*
 * Set the umask to RW for owner,group; R for other
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

int main( void )
  {
    mode_t omask;
    mode_t nmask;

    nmask = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | /* owner read write */
            S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | /* group read write */
            S_IROTH;            /* other read */
    omask = umask( nmask );
    printf( "Mask changed from %o to %o\n",
             omask, nmask );
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
  }

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1

Safety:
Cancellation point No
Interrupt handler No
Signal handler Yes
Thread Yes

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