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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to change umask in shell scripting? Post 302727971 by Skrynesaver on Wednesday 7th of November 2012 07:04:38 AM
Old 11-07-2012
I meant that you should execute the commands in the script in the current shell, like so:
Code:
user@busybox ~/$ umask
0022
user@busybox ~/$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash

umask 033
user@busybox ~/$ . test.sh
user@busybox ~/$ umask
0033

Calling the script spawns a new shell process which ceases to exist when the script exits. You need to execute the commands in the context of the current shell, hence the use of dot opperator ".".
 

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RBASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RBASH(1)

NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1) RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
bash(1) GNU Bash-4.0 2004 Apr 20 RBASH(1)
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