#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $dir = "cody";
mkdir("$dir",0770);
i am running this in my home directory on a linux machine, so i have full
rights. when i run this however, the permissions on the directory are:
drwxr-x--- 2 cmenzes cmenzes 1024 Jul 7 10:39 cody/
which translates to 0750. i am thinking that this limit may have to do
with my shell umask setting which is at 022, but i am not certain why it
is taking precedence over the perl setting. if i change my second argument
in my mkdir statement to 0660 or 0444, the proper permissions are set. the
only pattern that i see is that i *can* explicitly set the permissions in
a mkdir statement if they are more restrictive than my umask. otherwise
the perms default to my umask.
i know i can get past this by following the mkdir statement with a chmod,
but i just wanted to verify that my logic on this one is correct.