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44 .Fn getmode "const void *set" "mode_t mode"
46 .Fn setmode "const char *mode_str"
51 returns a copy of the file permission bits
53 as altered by the values pointed to by
55 While only the mode bits are altered, other parts of the file mode
61 takes an absolute (octal) or symbolic value, as described in
64 and returns a pointer to mode values to be supplied to
66 Because some of the symbolic values are relative to the file
71 If this occurs, the file creation mask will be restored before
74 If the calling program changes the value of its file creation mask
78 must be called again if
80 is to modify future file modes correctly.
84 is invalid or if memory cannot be allocated for the return value,
89 The value returned from
93 and should be returned to the system with
95 when the program is done with it, generally after a call to
100 function may fail and set
102 for any of the errors specified for the library routine
114 functions first appeared in