I don't write applications so I won't argue when what they want does not make sense to me :) Jamie Lokier wrote:
One last annoyance. If you're making a new file, then like open() you need another argument, which is the new file's mode which is combined with umask.
But that only works for minimal traditional permissions. If you want to adjust ACL or MAC, you need to do something else anyway, so is it really worth having the old-style mode parameter? jim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
