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open.2: Tighten wording: use 'mode bit' rather than 'permission bit' 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-04-21 13:58:45 +02:00
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@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ described in
.RS
.PP
.I mode
specifies the permissions to use in case a new file is created.
specifies the mode to use in case a new file is created.
This argument must be supplied when
.B O_CREAT
or
@ -272,11 +272,10 @@ nor
is specified, then
.I mode
is ignored.
The effective permissions are modified by
the process's
The effective mode is modified by the process's
.I umask
in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the permissions of the
created file are
in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the mode of the
created file is
.IR "(mode\ &\ ~umask)" .
Note that this mode applies only to future accesses of the
newly created file; the