NAME

       creat — create 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.

Debian                                            June 2, 1993                                          CREAT(2)