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changeset 28074:25557ce6a3a0
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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 09 Mar 2000 13:59:23 +0000 |
| parents | d7a87f6a889f |
| children | 7421de9165d2 |
| files | lispref/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/files.texi Thu Mar 09 13:40:34 2000 +0000 +++ b/lispref/files.texi Thu Mar 09 13:59:23 2000 +0000 @@ -1328,15 +1328,22 @@ @defun set-default-file-modes mode This function sets the default file protection for new files created by Emacs and its subprocesses. Every file created with Emacs initially has -this protection. On Unix and GNU/Linux, the default protection is the -bitwise complement of the ``umask'' value. +this protection, or a subset of it (@code{write-region} will not give a +file execute permission even if the default file protection allows +execute permission). On Unix and GNU/Linux, the default protection is +the bitwise complement of the ``umask'' value. The argument @var{mode} must be an integer. On most systems, only the -low 9 bits of @var{mode} are meaningful. +low 9 bits of @var{mode} are meaningful. You can use the Lisp construct +for octal character codes to enter @var{mode}; for example, + +@example +(set-default-file-modes ?\644) +@end example Saving a modified version of an existing file does not count as creating -the file; it does not change the file's mode, and does not use the -default file protection. +the file; it preserves the existing file's mode, whatever that is. So +the default file protection has no effect. @end defun @defun default-file-modes