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Date:      Sat, 22 Aug 1998 03:53:39 +0200 (SAST)
From:      Matthew West <mwest@cs.uct.ac.za>
To:        Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com>
Cc:        Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making a file (empty)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980822035245.14475C-100000@gimli.cs.uct.ac.za>
In-Reply-To: <35DE0E3E.75A9C224@graphnet.com>

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On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Roman Katsnelson wrote:

> >    can someone please tell me how to create an empy file?
> touch FILENAME
> i'm not sure what the default permissions are, so it's a good idea to
> check and avoid a pain in the ass later.

Default permissions are 022, unless you've changed your umask.

--mwest@cs.uct.ac.za
  http://www.cs.uct.ac.za


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