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System Calls                                             creat(2)



NAME
     creat - create a new file or rewrite an existing one

SYNOPSIS
     #include 
     #include 

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


DESCRIPTION
     The function call


     creat(path, mode)


     is equivalent to:


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

RETURN VALUES
     Refer to open(2).

ERRORS
     Refer to open(2).

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Creating a File


     The following example creates the file /tmp/file  with  read
     and write permissions for the file owner and read permission
     for group and  others.  The  resulting  file  descriptor  is
     assigned to the fd variable.


       #include 
       ...
       int fd;
       mode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
       char *filename = "/tmp/file";
       ...
       fd = creat(filename, mode);
       ...


USAGE
     The creat() function has a transitional interface for 64-bit
     file offsets.  See lf64(5).




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System Calls                                             creat(2)



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | Async-Signal-Safe           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Standard                    | See standards(5).           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     open(2), attributes(5), largefile(5), lf64(5), standards(5)




































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