On 8/4/05, Lupe Christoph <lupe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Imran Ghory <imranghory@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > A zip file created by Zip 2.3.1 has the permissions 644 by default, > > Therefore any file compressed becomes world readable. > > Zip 2.3 works correctly: > $ (umask 0; zip test.zip feedlist.opml; ls -l test.zip; rm test.zip) > adding: feedlist.opml (deflated 80%) > -rw-rw-rw- 1 lupe lupe 3156 Aug 4 10:52 test.zip A clarification: Zip obeys the umask, the example I gave was due to most unix distributions having a default umask which makes new files world readable. Contrast this with gzip/bzip2 which will ignore the umask and preserve the permissions of the file being compressed. Imran Ghory
