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SCO 5.0.7 Cron creates files with 600, need 644

Hi,

I've searched and read, and searched and read some more; but I'm still not connecting the dots or understanding what I need to change.

I have a script that creates a file. If I run it as root, the file gets created with 644 permissions like I want. That seems to make sense (at least I think Smilie

), as when I type umask, it returns 022. So, new files would be created with 666, but the 022 umask is being applied against it and resulting in a file with 644.

However, if I run it from cron, the file gets created as 600. Like there is an 066 umask being applied against it. Is it simply that there's a different umask in force for files created by cron? If so, where would I find and edit it?

Or is it a matter of the permissions on crontab itself? The one in /usr/bin and /ibin are both owned by root, with a group of root and both have 777 permssions.

There's a lot of info out there on cron jobs and permissions, but most seems centered around the cron job not running. Mine runs, it's just creating files with different permissions than I.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks,
David

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cscope-indexer(1)					      General Commands Manual						 cscope-indexer(1)

NAME

       cscope-indexer - Script to index files for cscope

SYNOPSIS

       cscope-indexer [-v] [-f database_file] [-i list_file] [-l] [-r]

DESCRIPTION

       This  script  generates	a list of files to index (cscope.out), which is then (optionally) used to generate a cscope database.  You can use
       this script to just build a list of files, or it can be used to build a list and database.  This script is not used to just build  a  data-
       base (skipping the list of files step), as this can be simply done by just calling "cscope -b".

       Normally,  cscope will do its own indexing, but this script can be used to force indexing.  This is useful if you need to recurse into sub-
       directories, or have many files to index (you can run this script from a cron job, during the night).  It is especially	useful	for  large
       projects,  which  can  contstantly  have source files added and deleted; by using this script, the changing sources files are automatically
       handled.

       Currently, any paths containing "/CVS/" or "/RCS/" are stripped out (ignored).

OPTIONS

       -f database_file
	      Specifies the cscope database file (default: cscope.out).

       -i list_file
	      Specifies the name of the file into which the list of files to index is placed (default: cscope.files).

       -l     Suppress the generation/updating of the cscope database file.  Only a list of files is generated.

       -r     Recurse into subdirectories to locate files to index.  Without this option, only the current directory is searched.

       -v     Be verbose.  Output simple progress messages.

SEE ALSO

       cscope(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Robert Lemmen <robertle@semistable.com> (but may  be  used  by  others,	of
       course)

Script to index files for cscope				 30. December 2002						 cscope-indexer(1)