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Last update: 1997-05-20
9945-2-124
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Topic: mkfifo -m mode
Relevant Sections: 4.42
Defect Report:
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From: [email protected] (Mark Funkenhauser)
Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 13:46:16 -0400 (EDT)
See Also: 9945-2-67
Dear Standards Board,
I would like to an request official, binding interpretation
from WG15 concerning the following point in ISO/IEC
9945-2:1993 (POSIX.2).
The interp. request 9945-2-67 (mkdir, Section 4.41) identified wording
in the standard which was unclear.
This (almost) identical wording in mkdir also occurs in the description
for mkfifo.
Should mkfifo -m mode utilize the current umask in setting permissions?
Or should the same resolution from interp #67 also apply to mkfifo?
The 9945-2:1993 rationale for mkfifo says that the -m option was added
to control the file mode, for consistency with the similar functionality
provided in the mkdir utility. Hence, I think that the -m option to
mkfifo should behave similar to the -m option for mkdir.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Mark Funkenhauser
Interpretation response
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The standard is unclear on this issue, and no conformance distinction can
be made between alternative implementations based on this. This is being
referred to the sponsor.
Rationale
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None.
Forwarded to Interpretations group: May 28 1995
Proposed resolution forwarded: Aug 11 1995
Finalized: Sept 12 1995