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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
+.TH "CREAT" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" creat 
+.SH NAME
+creat \- create a new file or rewrite an existing one
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fB#include <sys/stat.h> \fP
+\fB
+.br
+#include <fcntl.h>
+.br
+.sp
+int creat(const char *\fP\fIpath\fP\fB, mode_t\fP \fImode\fP\fB);
+.br
+\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+The function call:
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+
+\fBcreat(path, mode)
+\fP
+.fi
+.RE
+.LP
+shall be equivalent to:
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+
+\fBopen(path, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, mode)
+\fP
+.fi
+.RE
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.LP
+Refer to \fIopen\fP() .
+.SH ERRORS
+.LP
+Refer to \fIopen\fP() .
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.SS Creating a File
+.LP
+The following example creates the file \fB/tmp/file\fP with read and
+write permissions for the file owner and read permission
+for group and others. The resulting file descriptor is assigned to
+the \fIfd\fP variable.
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+
+\fB#include <fcntl.h>
+\&...
+int fd;
+mode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
+char *filename = "/tmp/file";
+\&...
+fd = creat(filename, mode);
+\&...
+\fP
+.fi
+.RE
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+The \fIcreat\fP() function is redundant. Its services are also provided
+by the \fIopen\fP() 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.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fIopen\fP() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001,
+\fI<fcntl.h>\fP, \fI<sys/stat.h>\fP, \fI<sys/types.h>\fP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 IEEE and
+The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .