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.