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                                                                 creat(2)



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        creat                                                 System Call
        Create a new file or rewrite an existing one.
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        SYNTAX

        #include <sys/types.h>
        #include <sys/stat.h>

        int   creat  (path, mode)
        char *          path;
        int             mode;


        PARAMETERS

        path           Address of a pathname.


        mode           Protection mode of the new file.


        DESCRIPTION

        Creat(2) is equivalent to

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

        See open(2) for more details.


        ACCESS CONTROL

        Same as for the open system call.


        RETURN VALUE

        See open(2).


        EXCEPTIONS

        See open(2).


        SEE ALSO

        The related manual sections:  stat(5), chmod(2), close(2),



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                                                                 creat(2)



        dup(2), fcntl(2), lseek(2), open(2), read(2), umask(2), write(2).





















































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