Allow POSIX callers to specify a new file's mode.

base/files/file_util.h

Index: base/files/file_util.h
diff --git a/base/files/file_util.h b/base/files/file_util.h
index ecc0d581dab8a29f70d6d1463c6aacd6d45b3e9a..f274f5bbd72b6dc17ead7ae112511819bb729f34 100644
--- a/base/files/file_util.h
+++ b/base/files/file_util.h
@@ -321,7 +321,9 @@ BASE_EXPORT bool TruncateFile(FILE* file);
 BASE_EXPORT int ReadFile(const FilePath& filename, char* data, int max_size);
 
 // Writes the given buffer into the file, overwriting any data that was
-// previously there.  Returns the number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
+// previously there. Returns the number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
+// The file will be created with a default mode (POSIX) or security
+// descriptor (Windows). To specify a mode on POSIX, use |WriteFileMode|.
 BASE_EXPORT int WriteFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* data,
                           int size);
 
@@ -329,6 +331,12 @@ BASE_EXPORT int WriteFile(const FilePath& filename, const char* data,
 // Appends |data| to |fd|. Does not close |fd| when done.  Returns true iff
 // |size| bytes of |data| were written to |fd|.
 BASE_EXPORT bool WriteFileDescriptor(const int fd, const char* data, int size);
+
+// Writes the given buffer into the file, overwriting any data that was
+// previously there. Returns the number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
+// The file is created with the given |mode|.
+BASE_EXPORT int WriteFileMode(const FilePath& filename, const char* data,

[rvargas (doing something else), 2014/10/17 22:28:58]

This function should return bool. See crbug.com/418837

[palmer, 2014/10/17 22:52:37]

Done.

+                              int size, mode_t mode);
 #endif
 
 // Appends |data| to |filename|.  Returns true iff |size| bytes of |data| were