with UMASK 0 -> rw- instead of rwx
1 -> rw- ok
2 -> r-- instead of r-x
3 -> r-- ok
4 -> -w- instead of -wx
5 -> -w- ok
6 -> --- instead of --x
7 -> --- ok
am i wrong about what UMASK does ?
Yes. In most Unices UMASK(2) will not set execute permissions
on files. However, they will do what you're expecting above
on directories.
how can i have my files set to -rwxr-xr-x (755) ?
When I was using the XBitHack feature of Apache with SSI I
ended up post-processing the directory that the archives were
written to; something like:
(cd $rcDir ; $mhonarc -umask 022 -rcfile rc -outdir $archiveDir; \
find $archiveDir -type f -exec chmod a+x {} \;)
(although you may want to limit that to only .html files or something;
not sure if you want to interpret your attachments as SSI -- could make
for some funky Word documents or .GIF images)
Chris
