1.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)creat.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/02/93 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.Fd #include <fcntl.h> 16.Ft int 17.Fn creat "char *path" "mode_t mode" 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19.Bf -symbolic 20This interface is made obsolete by: 21.Ef 22.Xr open 2 . 23.Pp 24.Fn Creat 25is the same as: 26.Bd -literal -offset indent 27open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, mode); 28.Ed 29.Sh SEE ALSO 30.Xr open 2 31.Sh HISTORY 32The 33.Nm 34function call appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 35