NAME

creat - create a new file

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS



int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode)

DESCRIPTION

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

creat() is the same as:

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

SEE ALSO

open(2)

STANDARDS

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

HISTORY

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