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CREAT(2)                      System Calls Manual                     CREAT(2)



NAME
       creat  -  create a new file

SYNOPSIS
       creat(name, mode)
       char *name;

DESCRIPTION
       Creat creates a new file or prepares to rewrite an existing file called
       name, given as the address of a null-terminated string.   If  the  file
       did not exist, it is given mode mode, as modified by the process's mode
       mask (see umask(2)).  Also see chmod(2) for  the  construction  of  the
       mode argument.

       If  the  file  did exist, its mode and owner remain unchanged but it is
       truncated to 0 length.

       The file is also opened for writing, and its  file  descriptor  is  re‐
       turned.

       The  mode  given is arbitrary; it need not allow writing.  This feature
       is used by programs which deal with temporary  files  of  fixed  names.
       The  creation is done with a mode that forbids writing.  Then if a sec‐
       ond instance of the program attempts a creat, an error is returned  and
       the program knows that the name is unusable for the moment.

SEE ALSO
       write(2), close(2), chmod(2), umask (2)

DIAGNOSTICS
       The  value -1 is returned if: a needed directory is not searchable; the
       file does not exist and the directory in which it is to be  created  is
       not  writable; the file does exist and is unwritable; the file is a di‐
       rectory; there are already too many files open.

ASSEMBLER
       (creat = 8.)
       sys creat; name; mode
       (file descriptor in r0)



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