On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Chris Down <ch...@chrisdown.name> wrote: > Hi Jon, > > As is standard with other buitins, umask is documented at `help umask`: > > chris@gopher:~$ help umask > umask: umask [-p] [-S] [mode] > Display or set file mode mask. > > Sets the user file-creation mask to MODE. If MODE is omitted, prints > the current value of the mask. > > If MODE begins with a digit, it is interpreted as an octal number; > otherwise it is a symbolic mode string like that accepted by chmod(1). > > Options: > -p if MODE is omitted, output in a form that may be reused as > input > -S makes the output symbolic; otherwise an octal number is output > > Exit Status: > Returns success unless MODE is invalid or an invalid option is given. > > The umask builtin is also documented in `man bash`.
Thank you for the tips. I see it now. Could this information be added to the places that don't currently refer to it? e.g. these two places: A) --help: -- Please see "help umask" for documentation B) man umask: Please see "help umask" for documentation Saving the need to hunt it down.. Thanks, Jon
