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CREAT(3P)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 CREAT(3P)

PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the  corresponding
       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 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(3P)