CREAT(3) Library Functions Manual CREAT(3)

creat
create a new file

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

#include <fcntl.h>

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

This interface is made obsolete by:
open(2).

creat() is the same as:

open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, mode);

open(2)

The creat() function call conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 (“POSIX.1”).

The creat() function call appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
September 1, 2019 NetBSD 9.0