because you can't give execute permissions to files.
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Robert Friberg wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Why is the execute-bit not affected by umask?
> The man page says permissions are calculated
> as:
>
> 0666 & ~umask
>
> I wonder why it's defined that way?
>
> --
> robert friberg, ensofus ab
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