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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 creat() function shall behave as if it is implemented as follows:
           int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode)
           {
               return 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 *pathname = "/tmp/file";
           ...
           fd = creat(pathname, 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
       mknod(), open()
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008,  <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, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum  1  applied.)  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
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IEEE/The Open Group                  2013                            CREAT(3P)