Hi,

Just wondering.
If you call TFileStream.Create(aFileName, aFileMode) it calls TFileStream.Create(aFileName, aFileMode, 438).
438 (octal 666) tramslates to -rw-rw-rw-

If I create a file on my linux machine (using touch or cat) then rights will be -rw-rw-r--, which is equivalent to octal 664 (decimal 436).

So, that just made me wonder why the choice for octal 666? Notice that I'm a linux novice.

(For laughs. I accidentally used 0 for the rights param somewhere. That turned out te be quite funny.)

It actually depends on the setting of umask:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/44542/what-is-umask-and-how-does-it-work

So, that just made me wonder why the choice for octal 666? Notice that I'm a linux novice.

As you see in the page above, the default is 666.

Michael.

It actually depends on the setting of umask: https://askubuntu.com/questions/44542/what-is-umask-and-how-does-it-work

Thank you very much for the answer and the link.
Learned something today, so today must be a good day :-)