I'm not sure what you mean by that. You can set ANY file in unix to execute (assuming you have the perms to do so.) You can make an mp3 file 'executable' if you want to. You certainly don't need a compiler. 

umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
The user file-creation mask is set to mode.  If mode begins with a dig
+it, it is interpreted as an 
octal  number;  otherwise  it  is  interpreted as a symbolic mode mask
+ similar to that accepted by
chmod(1).  If mode is omitted, the current value of the mask is printe
+d.  The -S option causes the 
mask to be printed in symbolic form; the default  output  is  an octal
+  number.   If the -p 
option is supplied, and mode is omitted, the output is in a form that 
+may be reused as input.
The return status is 0 if the mode was successfully changed or if no m
+ode argument was supplied, 
and false otherwise.

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In reply to Re^3: perl file permissions by KurtSchwind
in thread perl file permissions by BadMagic

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