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I am trying to write a simple C program that creates directories (a mkdir clone.). This is what I have so far: #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/stat.h> // mkdir #include <stdio.h> // perror mode_t getumask() { mode_t mask = umask(0); umask (mask); return mask; } int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) { mode_t mask = getumask(); printf("%i",mask); if (mkdir("trial",mask) == -1) { perror(argv[0]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } return 0; } This code creates directory with d--------- but I want it to create it with drwxr-xr-x like mkdir do? What am I doing wrong here?
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