NAME

creat — create a new file or rewrite an existing one

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

The function call:

creat(path, mode)

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

RETURN VALUE

Refer to open(3) .

ERRORS

Refer to open(3) .

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

open(3) , <fcntl.h> , <sys/stat.h> , <sys/types.h> .

DERIVATION

Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.