umask help

[Peter Hessler]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:14:25 -0500
Justin Krejci <jus at krytosvirus.com> wrote:

: > I have never seen a 4-digit umask.  What shell are you using?
: 
: I believe the initial 0 character explicitly states it is in octal number as 
: opposed to decimal, binary, hex, etc.

The initial digit is the 'mode bit'.  Check out the chmod(1) man page,
in the "Absolute modes" section.  (thats where you can set 'sticky'
mode.)


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