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commit edfa3531c9ede9fcea8ca528edf2c8473f8f3b52
Author: Maxime Devos <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 16 11:06:29 2021 +0000
Correct documentation of ‘mkdir’ w.r.t. the umask.
* doc/ref/posix.texi (mkdir): Note that the umask is applied even if the
mode argument is set.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
---
doc/ref/posix.texi | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/ref/posix.texi b/doc/ref/posix.texi
index d261ac8da..7f136376b 100644
--- a/doc/ref/posix.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/posix.texi
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ the directory referred to by the file port @var{dir}.
Create a new directory named by @var{path}. If @var{mode} is omitted
then the permissions of the directory are set to @code{#o777}
masked with the current umask (@pxref{Processes, @code{umask}}).
-Otherwise they are set to the value specified with @var{mode}.
+Otherwise they are set to the value specified with @var{mode}
+masked with the current umask.
The return value is unspecified.
@end deffn
