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From:	Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ math . uh . edu>
Date:	07 Sep 2000 10:31:50 -0500
To:	majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM, mj2-dev @ csf . colorado . edu
In-reply-to:	Dave Wolfe's message of "Thu, 7 Sep 2000 10:28:30 -0500"
References:	<Pine.BSF.4.21.0009062320170.572-100000@thelab.hub.org> <ufaem2w98xh.fsf@epithumia.math.uh.edu> <20000907102830.B21014@risc.sps.mot.com>
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>>>>> "DW" == Dave Wolfe <dwolfe@risc.sps.mot.com> writes:

DW> ??? Try:

Sorry, brain fell out.

DW> But why allow execute permissions on archive files?

You are proving my point about why numbers are bad.  In any case, we open
files mode 666 (to which the umask is applied); no executable bits get
turned on in the operation.

 - J<

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Re: setting umask for archives ...
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu>

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