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creat − create a new file or rewrite an existing one
#include
<sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode);
The function call:
creat(path, mode)
shall be equivalent to:
open(path, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, mode)
Refer to open() .
Refer to open() .
The following sections are informative.
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);
...
None.
The creat() function is redundant. Its services are also provided by the open() function. It has been included primarily for historical purposes since many existing applications depend on it. It is best considered a part of the C binding rather than a function that should be provided in other languages.
None.
open() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <fcntl.h>, <sys/stat.h>, <sys/types.h>
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 .
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