manpagez: man pages & more
man creat(2)
Home | html | info | man
creat(2)                    BSD System Calls Manual                   creat(2)


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.

BSD                              June 2, 1993                              BSD

Mac OS X 10.8 - Generated Sat Aug 25 05:51:36 CDT 2012
© manpagez.com 2000-2025
Individual documents may contain additional copyright information.