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NAME
getumask - get file creation maskSYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */DESCRIPTION
This function returns the current file creation mask. It is equivalent to
mode_t getumask(void)
{
mode_t mask = umask( 0 );
umask(mask);
return mask;
}
except that it is documented to be thread-safe (that is, shares a lock with the umask(2) library call).
CONFORMING TO
This is a vaporware GNU extension.NOTES
This function is documented but not implemented yet in glibc, as at version 2.9.SEE ALSO
umask(2)COLOPHON
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