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  13 .TH with-umask 1 "5 April 2015" "Edgeware tools"
  14 .SH NAME
  15 with-umask \- run a command with a particular umask set
  16 .SH SYNOPSIS
  17 .B with-umask
  18 .I mode
  19 .I command
  20 .RI [ arguments ...]
  21 .SH DESCRIPTION
  22 The
  23 .B with-umask
  24 program sets its umask to
  25 .I mode
  26 and then executes
  27 .I command
  28 with the given
  29 .IR arguments .
  30 .PP
  31 The
  32 .I mode
  33 may be either a literal mask written in octal, where set bits correspond
  34 to mode bits to be forced clear when creating files, or a symbolic mode
  35 in
  36 .BR chmod (1)
  37 style listing the mode bits to be preserved.  (Other forms may be
  38 acceptable:
  39 .B with-umask
  40 is currently a shell script, and uses
  41 .BR /bin/sh 's
  42 .B umask
  43 built-in to do its work.)
  44 .PP
  45 Command line options:
  46 .TP
  47 .B "\-h"
  48 Show very brief help, and exit.
  49 .SH BUGS
  50 None known.
  51 .SH AUTHOR
  52 Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>