NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     creat - create a new file

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <fcntl.h>

     int
     creat(const char *path, mode_t mode);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     This interface is made obsolete by: open(2).

     creat() is the same as:

           open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, mode);

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     open(2)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The creat() function call conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The creat() function call appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BSD                              June 2, 1993                              BSD