Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:33:51 -0600 From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com>, "'mhjoshi@att.net'" <mhjoshi@att.net>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Unix questions Message-ID: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313F9@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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Just received a correction, /dev/null returns the charecter \0 not 0. /dev/zero will return zero. Thanks >-----Original Message----- >From: DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) [mailto:gene_dinkey@hp.com] >Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:08 AM >To: 'mhjoshi@att.net'; questions@FreeBSD.org >Subject: RE: Unix questions > > > > >>-----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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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