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A Better Emacs Remote Editing Workflow
Emacs

A Better Emacs Remote Editing Workflow

I often use emacsclient(1), from a shell, to quickly visit a nearby file, instead of switching back to Emacs and drilling down through directories. I wanted some version of this that works over SSH. Here is my solution.

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What is the umask?
UNIX

What is the umask?

The umask, is one of those UNIX fundamentals that can feel mysterious. Most of us eventually wind up with a vague notion of how it influences the permissions of new files and directories, but how exactly does it work?

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