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

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.