Name: akC57697 Date: 04/23/98



The java.io.File.mkdir() ignores umask settings when creates a directory.
The reason is a hard-coded mask in source of native method:

"
Java_java_io_File_mkdir0(JNIEnv *env, jobject this)
{
  .........................
    result = JVM_Mkdir(platformPath, 0771) != -1;
                                     ^^^^^
"

---------------------8-<----------------------
public class testFile {
  public static void main(String argv[]) {
   java.io.File f= new java.io.File("test_dir");
   f.mkdir();
  }
}
--------------------->-8----------------------
Set umask to -rw-rw-r--
umask 2
java testFile
drwxrwx--x 2 kuzm 512 Apr 23 13:58 test_dir/
^^^^^^^^^^
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