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CREAT(P)		   POSIX Programmer's Manual		      CREAT(P)

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 pur‐
       poses since many existing applications depend on it. It is best consid‐
       ered a part of the C binding rather than a function that should be pro‐
       vided 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 Technology
       -- 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(P)
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