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).

     The creat() function is the same as:

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

SEE ALSO

     open(2)

HISTORY

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