Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
The argument
.I mode
-specifies the permissions to use.
+specifies the file mode for the new directory (see
+.BR stat (2)).
It is modified by the process's
.I umask
-in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the permissions of the
-created directory are
+in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the mode of the
+created directory is
.RI ( mode " & ~" umask " & 0777)."
Other mode bits of the created directory depend on the operating system.
For Linux, see below.