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<H1>GETUMASK</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
getumask - get file creation mask
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#define _GNU_SOURCE</B> /* See <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A>(7) */
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/types.h">sys/types.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/stat.h">sys/stat.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>mode_t getumask(void);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
This function returns the current file creation mask.
It is equivalent to
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mode_t getumask(void)
{
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mode_t&nbsp;mask&nbsp;=&nbsp;umask(&nbsp;0&nbsp;);
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;umask(mask);
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return&nbsp;mask;
}
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except that it is documented to be thread-safe (that is, shares
a lock with the
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+umask">umask</A></B>(2)
library call).
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
This is a vaporware GNU extension.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
This function is documented in the glibc manual, but,
as at glibc version 2.24, it is not implemented on Linux.
(See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+umask">umask</A></B>(2)
for a thread-safe method of discovering a process's umask.)
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+umask">umask</A></B>(2)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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