def METHOD_NAME(self):
    # Get and set the current umask value for testing mode bits.
    umask = os.umask(0o002)
    os.umask(umask)
    mkpath(self.target, 0o700)
    self.assertEqual(
        stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(self.target).st_mode), 0o700 & ~umask)
    mkpath(self.target2, 0o555)
    self.assertEqual(
        stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(self.target2).st_mode), 0o555 & ~umask)