Re: How can a file inherit file permissions from parent directory at file creation?

[Paul Jarc]

"Markus Wahl" <wahl2@home.se> wrote:
> I think I need some way to get files that are created
> to automatically inherit the file permission of the
> parent directory. Is that possible?

Not that I know of.  This isn't really a bash issue;
news:comp.unix.programmer would be an appropriate place for this
topic.  But are you sure you really need this?  Unless a process is
already running in the directory, or has a descriptor referring to it,
it must pass the directory's perimssion bits before the file's
permission bits are considered.

> Using umask (which is a bash built in command, right?)

Yes; it simply calls the kernel's umask() system call.


paul