Carl Fink <c...@finknetwork.com> writes: > When I wanted the options for umask, I typed 'man umask' and got the man > page for it as a C header diretive? (I'm not a C programmer, but it seemed > to be for C header files and came from section 2.) > > This is darn confusing for a new user. I have been around long enough > (slink) that I quickly realized it must be a Bash builtin and found that man > page, but how would a beginner know that? Surely a symbolic link could be > set up for umask as well as the others (bg, eval, fg, read, etc.)? > > Should I file this as a bug against Sid? I know there's no chance it will > make it into Wheezy.
The underlying problem is that umask isn't a standalone command, it's a shell builtin. So if you look at the bash manpage you can find the (very terse) documention; of course, there's no hint anywhere that you should do that. Just as for (looking at some other builtins) ulimit, unalias, unset.... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1b38a1dkq6....@pfeifferfamily.net