From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 8: 8:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cosrel1.hp.com (cosrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F4B37B9FC for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:08:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gene_dinkey@hp.com) Received: from amrelay1.boi.hp.com (amrelay1.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.24]) by cosrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9004B38D; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from xboibrg1.boi.hp.com (xboibrg1.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.167]) by amrelay1.boi.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with SMTP id JAA02853; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 15.56.8.167 by xboibrg1.boi.hp.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:15 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Received: by xboibrg1.boi.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:14 -0600 Message-ID: From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" To: "'mhjoshi@att.net'" , questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Unix questions Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:13 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: mhjoshi@att.net [mailto:mhjoshi@att.net] >Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:57 AM >To: questions@FreeBSD.org >Subject: Unix questions > >2. What directory is known as "bin bucket in the sky." I believe you would be refering to /dev/null - anything put in there dissapears into computer limbo and anything that reads from /dev/null is always zero >5. If unmask is 022, the the following commands are >executed. >mkdir cat >cat refer.txt > newpermiss >what permissions will cat and newpremiss will have? The files will have mode 755 on creation. full access --> 777 minus umask --> 022 --------------------- permision --> 755 Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but this is it to the best of my understanding Gene Dinkey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message