| CREAT(2) | System Calls | CREAT(2) |
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)
is equivalent to:
open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode)
Refer to open(2).
Refer to open(2).
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); ...
The creat() function has a transitional interface for 64-bit file offsets. See lf64(7).
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Interface Stability | Standard |
| MT-Level | Async-Signal-Safe |
| March 25, 2002 | OmniOS |