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Re: umask --help
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Notes Jonny |
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Re: umask --help |
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Mon, 7 Jul 2014 19:46:11 +0100 |
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name> wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> As is standard with other buitins, umask is documented at `help umask`:
>
> chris@gopher:~$ help umask
> umask: umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
> Display or set file mode mask.
>
> Sets the user file-creation mask to MODE. If MODE is omitted, prints
> the current value of the mask.
>
> If MODE begins with a digit, it is interpreted as an octal number;
> otherwise it is a symbolic mode string like that accepted by chmod(1).
>
> Options:
> -p if MODE is omitted, output in a form that may be reused as
> input
> -S makes the output symbolic; otherwise an octal number is output
>
> Exit Status:
> Returns success unless MODE is invalid or an invalid option is given.
>
> The umask builtin is also documented in `man bash`.
Thank you for the tips. I see it now.
Could this information be added to the places that don't currently refer to it?
e.g. these two places:
A)
--help: -- Please see "help umask" for documentation
B) man umask: Please see "help umask" for documentation
Saving the need to hunt it down..
Thanks, Jon
Re: umask --help, Chris F.A. Johnson, 2014/07/07