umask(OC)

Shore Programmer's Manual - 2 August 96

NAME

umask \- set registered object creation mode mask

SYNOPSIS

#include <ShoreApp.h>
shrc Shore::umask(mode_t newmask, mode_t *oldmask);

DESCRIPTION

If oldmask is non-zero, umask places the current value of the process' umask in oldmask. In either case, umask sets the process' umask to the value of newmask. The umask is used to determine the mode of a new registered object. Any bits set in the process' umask are cleared from the mode parameter of mkdir(oc) , create(cxxlb) , or create_xref(cxxlb) , and the resulting value is used as the mode of the new registered object.

Shore applications have two umasks, the Unix mask and the Shore mask. When a connection with the Shore server is established (see init(oc) ), the Shore mask is set to the current value of the Unix mask. Any subsequent changes to either mask are not reflected in the other. Furthermore, changes to the Shore mask in one process are not seen by subsequent processes. The Unix mask can be changed with umask(2).

VERSION

This manual page applies to Version 1.0 of theShore software.

SPONSORSHIP

The Shore project is sponsored by the Advanced Research Project Agency, ARPA order number 018 (formerly 8230), monitored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory under contract DAAB07-92-C-Q508.