How can I set the umask from within java?

Question

I\'m new to Java. Where is umask exposed in the api?

Answer 1

Another approach is to use a 3rd-party Java library that exposes POSIX system calls; e.g.

• Jtux
• The "Posix for Java" library,
• and so on (Google for "java posix library").

The problem with this approach is that it is intrinsically non-portable (won't work on a non-POSIX compliant platform), and requires a platform-specific native library ... and all that that entails.