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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: jkweston@email.unc.edu (Keith Weston) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Newbieish UMASK question Date: 25 Apr 1997 04:19:54 GMT Organization: Dis.Organized Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5jpbda$69o@camel1.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-37kbtfe.dialup.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.9 (Released Version) (x86 32bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:3088 I usually have a UMASK of either 077 or 022. However, there are some directories in which I want all created files to automagically be +ax (executable for all). Is there a UMASK setting for exe? I know about settings for read, write and access, but not for executing. Regards, Keith -- Keith Weston http://www.io.com/~jkweston N POWERED BY HOT JAVA, ICED TEA & SOFT DRINKS P and heard by 9 Million weekly on WUNC-FM, 91.5 R