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Old 07-13-2011
Touching files?
So, I think this is a really stupid question, but I'd like to see if I am right.

If the following commands are entered:

umask 000
touch file1
umask111
touch file2

...nothing should happen...right? The touch operation isn't going to apply any changes from umask to file1 (and same to file2)...I believe...so they should just have the default properties?

I'm guessing that file1 and file2 would both be rw-rw-rw...or is that wrong?
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Old 07-13-2011
The umask commands you gave will not affect the permissions.
But if you gave
Code:
umask 555

or
Code:
umask 333

etc, it will affect the permission of the files you touch
 
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