NAME

creatcreate a new file

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <fcntl.h>
int
creat(const char *path, mode_t mode);

DESCRIPTION

This interface is made obsolete by:
open(2).
The creat() function is the same as:
open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, mode);

SEE ALSO

open(2)

HISTORY

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

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