CREAT(2) System Calls CREAT(2)
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)
is equivalent to:
open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode)RETURN VALUES
Refer to
open(2).
ERRORS
Refer to
open(2).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: 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 others.
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);
...
USAGE
The
creat() function has a transitional interface for 64-bit file
offsets. See
lf64(7).
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|MT-Level | Async-Signal-Safe |
+--------------------+-------------------+
SEE ALSO
open(2),
attributes(7),
largefile(7),
lf64(7),
standards(7) March 25, 2002
CREAT(2)