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CREAT(3)                NetBSD Library Functions Manual               CREAT(3)


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).

     creat() is the same as:

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


SEE ALSO

     open(2)


STANDARDS

     The creat() function call conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').


HISTORY

     The creat() function call appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

NetBSD 2.1                       June 2, 1993                       NetBSD 2.1