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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/MULTI/creat, revision 1.1

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        !             3: creat()                COHERENT System Call               creat()
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        !             8: Create/truncate a file
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        !            10: iinntt ccrreeaatt(_f_i_l_e, _m_o_d_e) cchhaarr *_f_i_l_e; iinntt _m_o_d_e;
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        !            12: creat  creates a  new  file or  truncates an  existing file.   It
        !            13: returns  a file  descriptor that  identifies file  for subsequent
        !            14: system calls.   If file already exists,  its contents are erased.
        !            15: In this  case, creat ignores the specified _m_o_d_e;  the mode of the
        !            16: file remains unchanged.   If file did not exist previously, creat
        !            17: uses the  mode argument  to determine the  mode of the  new file.
        !            18: For a full definition of file modes, see chmod or the header file
        !            19: stat.h.  creat masks the mode argument with the current umask, so
        !            20: it  is common  practice  to create  files with  the maximal  mode
        !            21: desirable.
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        !            23: ***** Example *****
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        !            25: For an  example of  how to  use this routine,  see the  entry for
        !            26: open.
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        !            28: ***** See Also *****
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        !            30: chmod(), COHERENT system calls(), fopen(), open(), stat.h, STDIO
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        !            32: ***** Diagnostics *****
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        !            34: If the  call is successful, creat returns  a file descriptor.  It
        !            35: returns -1 if it could  not create the file, typically because of
        !            36: insufficient system resources or protection violations.
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