Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 13:11:05 EDT
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: umask() return value

[From the SunOS man page umask(2)]

RETURN VALUES
     umask() returns the previous  value  of  the  file  creation
     mask.