Setting file attributes on create in C program

[Axel]

Hello

I've wrote a simple CGI script in C.

The problem is upon file creation - create() - the system
does not automaticly sets the file attributes so
that owner can read/write/execute the file.

Well I can change the attributes using the fchmod()
but it is not good for me because the file is created only once a day and they the script writes to the file.
So I could use fchmod() all the time but this is unnessesary
overhead.

So I need that newly created file automagically receives
owner read/write/execute attributes.

Can somebody help me?

Thanks,

P.S. I create file in cgi-bin directory.
P.P.S. I am not a visitor but a Futurequest.net member
P.P.P.S. Execuse my English
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[This message has been edited by Axel (edited 05-09-00@2:23 pm)]

[Terra]

Huh???

Then you are not reading the docs for open() and/or create() completely...

>>>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int open(const char *pathname, int flags);
int open(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode);
int creat(const char *pathname, mode_t mode);

mode specifies the permissions to use if a new file is created. It is modified by the process's umask in the usual way: the permissions of the created file are (mode &amp; ~umask).

The following symbolic constants are provided for mode:

S_IRWXU
00700 user (file owner) has read, write and execute permission
S_IRUSR (S_IREAD)
00400 user has read permission
S_IWUSR (S_IWRITE)
00200 user has write permission
S_IXUSR (S_IEXEC)
00100 user has execute permission
S_IRWXG
00070 group has read, write and execute permission
S_IRGRP
00040 group has read permission
S_IWGRP
00020 group has write permission
S_IXGRP
00010 group has execute permission
S_IRWXO
00007 others have read, write and execute permission
S_IROTH
00004 others have read permission
S_IWOTH
00002 others have write permisson
S_IXOTH
00001 others have execute permission
mode should always be specified when O_CREAT is in the flags, and is ignored otherwise.

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[Axel]

Thank you very much.

I was using the old Unix programming manual
and there was only one function - int open(const char *pathname, int flags); in it.

Thanks again!!!