This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface

       None.

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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
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       The creat() function shall behave as if it is implemented as follows:

           int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode)
           {
               return open(path, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, mode);
           }

       Refer to open().

       Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.

CreatingaFile
       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 *pathname = "/tmp/file";
           ...
           fd = creat(pathname, mode);
           ...

       None.

       creat — create a new file or rewrite an existing one

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface
       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

       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.

       Refer to open().

mknod(), open()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <fcntl.h>, <sys_stat.h>, <sys_types.h>

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

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