From: Eric Backus Subject: umask() return value To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 9:10:47 PDT Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.25] I notice that umask() is hard-coded to return octal 644. However, umask() is supposed to be a mask of mode bits to TURN OFF when creating a file. It looks to me like the value is the inverse of what it should be. Therefore, I believe that the return value should be changed to something like octal 022. -- Eric Backus ericb%hplsla AT hplabs DOT hp DOT com (206) 335-2495