Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems, Volume 1

get_umask Kernel Service

Queries the file mode creation mask.

int get_umask(void)

The get_umask service gets the value of the file mode creation mask currently set for the process.

Note

There is no corresponding kernel service to set the umask because kernel routines that need to set the umask can call the umask subroutine.

The get_umask kernel service can be called from the process environment only.

The get_umask kernel service always completes successfully. Its return value is the current value of the umask.

The umask subroutine.