1.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)creat.2 6.9 (Berkeley) 03/10/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt CREAT 2 10.Os BSD 4 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm creat 13.Nd create a new file 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Fn creat "char *path" "mode_t mode" 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17.Bf -symbolic 18This interface is made obsolete by: 19.Ef 20.Xr open 2 . 21.Pp 22.Fn Creat 23is the same as: 24.Bd -literal -offset indent 25open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, mode); 26.Ed 27.Sh SEE ALSO 28.Xr open 2 29.Sh HISTORY 30The 31.Nm 32function call appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 33