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creat(2)							   System Calls 							  creat(2)

NAME
creat - create a new file or rewrite an existing one SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> 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 oth- ers. The resulting file descriptor is assigned to the fd variable. #include <fcntl.h> ... 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). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Async-Signal-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
open(2), attributes(5), largefile(5), lf64(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 25 Mar 2002 creat(2)

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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond- ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. NAME
creat - create a new file or rewrite an existing one SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode); DESCRIPTION
The function call: creat(path, mode) shall be equivalent to: open(path, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, mode) RETURN VALUE
Refer to open(). ERRORS
Refer to open(). The following sections are informative. EXAMPLES
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 oth- ers. The resulting file descriptor is assigned to the fd variable. #include <fcntl.h> ... int fd; mode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH; char *filename = "/tmp/file"; ... fd = creat(filename, mode); ... APPLICATION USAGE
None. RATIONALE
The creat() function is redundant. Its services are also provided by the open() function. It has been included primarily for historical purposes since many existing applications depend on it. It is best considered a part of the C binding rather than a function that should be provided in other languages. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None. SEE ALSO
open(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <fcntl.h>, <sys/stat.h>, <sys/types.h> COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . IEEE
/The Open Group 2003 CREAT(3P)
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