debian man page for creat

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