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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 b/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a236b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)setmode.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" +.Dd June 9, 1993 +.Dt SETMODE 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getmode , +.Nm setmode +.Nd modify mode bits +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft mode_t +.Fn getmode "const void *set" "mode_t mode" +.Ft void * +.Fn setmode "const char *mode_str" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getmode +function +returns a copy of the file permission bits +.Fa mode +as altered by the values pointed to by +.Fa set . +While only the mode bits are altered, other parts of the file mode +may be examined. +.Pp +The +.Fn setmode +function +takes an absolute (octal) or symbolic value, as described in +.Xr chmod 1 , +as an argument +and returns a pointer to mode values to be supplied to +.Fn getmode . +Because some of the symbolic values are relative to the file +creation mask, +.Fn setmode +may call +.Xr umask 2 . +If this occurs, the file creation mask will be restored before +.Fn setmode +returns. +If the calling program changes the value of its file creation mask +after calling +.Fn setmode , +.Fn setmode +must be called again if +.Fn getmode +is to modify future file modes correctly. +.Pp +If the mode passed to +.Fn setmode +is invalid, +.Fn setmode +returns +.Dv NULL . +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn setmode +function +may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library +routine +.Xr malloc 3 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chmod 1 , +.Xr stat 2 , +.Xr umask 2 , +.Xr malloc 3 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getmode +and +.Fn setmode +functions first appeared in 4.4BSD. |