M. Helman said:
>Regarding the umask command:
>
>1. Can it be used to change the behaviour of just one folder (so that
>all files inherit the permissions of the folder)?
No. The umask is an aspect of a user's environment, and affects the
creation of new files by that user.
>2. Why is it not in the man pages (at least on a regular OS X client
>install)?
Because it is not a stand-alone command, it is a shell builtin. Check
the man page of the shell you are using. eg, from 'man bash':
umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
The user file-creation mask is set to mode. If mode begins with
a digit, it is interpreted as an octal number; otherwise it is
interpreted as a symbolic mode mask similar to that accepted by
chmod(1). If mode is omitted, the current value of the mask is
printed. The -S option causes the mask to be printed in sym-
bolic form; the default output is an octal number. If the -p
option is supplied, and mode is omitted, the output is in a form
that may be reused as input. The return status is 0 if the mode
was successfully changed or if no mode argument was supplied,
and false otherwise.
Cheers
James
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James Tolchard
ICT Services
Christ's College Canterbury
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