[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45054] mkfifo: Document that MODE is in base 10

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                 Summary: mkfifo: Document that MODE is in base 10
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fr 08 Mai 2015 07:45:51 UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
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                 Release: dev
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Details:


 -- Built-in Function: mkfifo (NAME, MODE)
 -- Built-in Function: [ERR, MSG] = mkfifo (NAME, MODE)
     Create a FIFO special file named NAME with file mode MODE


I think the doc should mention that MODE is interpreted as base10 integer so
the user has to call


mkfifo (NAME, base2dec ("644", 8))


To get the expected "prw-r--r--" modestr. Perhaps it could also mention that
the umask is also used.

man 3 mkfifo:

mkfifo()  makes a FIFO special file with name pathname.  mode specifies the
FIFO's permissions.  It is modified by the process's umask  in  the usual way:
the permissions of the created file are (mode & ~umask).





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