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There must be some OCR errors in there -- the system call "create" was spelled with an "e"!

by gamache 11y ago

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mpweiher 11y ago
Sure about that? CREAT(2) BSD System Calls Manual CREAT(2) NAME creat -- create a new file LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <fcntl.h> int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode); DESCRIPTION This interface is made obsolete by: open(2). The creat() function is the same as: open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, mode); SEE ALSO open(2) HISTORY The creat() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. BSD June 2, 1993 BSD
- rst 11y ago
  You're missing the joke -- the recovered "Unix 0" manual seems to spell it 'create', even though it was 'creat' in subsequent versions.
- ksherlock 11y ago
  3.5.2 Create To create a new file, the following call is used. filep = create(name, mode) But it's listed correctly as a system call. A1.6 creat To create or recreate a file, sys creat name mode
- lambda 11y ago
  I think he's saying that in this document, "creat" is sometimes spelled with an "e", indicating that the OCR process overcorrected. 3.5.2 Create To create a new file, the following call is used. filep = create(name, mode)
krylon 11y ago
Well, there's this quote by Ken Thompson, who was asked if he'd do anything different if were to start over on Unix: "I would spell creat with an e". With that in mind, it's kind of funny to see that "correction" made by some OCR software.
greenyoda 11y ago
It's not an OCR error - the error appears in the original. If you look at Page 8 of the scanned PDF[1], it says: filep = create(name, mode) [1] http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/research/McIlroy_v0/UnixEditionZero-OCR.pdf http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Mc...

There must be some OCR errors in there -- the system call "create" was spelled with an "e"!

by gamache 11y ago

There must be some OCR errors in there -- the system call "create" was spelled with an "e"!

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mpweiher 11y ago

Sure about that? CREAT(2) BSD System Calls Manual CREAT(2) NAME creat -- create a new file LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <fcntl.h> int creat(const char *path, mode_t mode); DESCRIPTION This interface is made obsolete by: open(2). The creat() function is the same as: open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, mode); SEE ALSO open(2) HISTORY The creat() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. BSD June 2, 1993 BSD

rst 11y ago
You're missing the joke -- the recovered "Unix 0" manual seems to spell it 'create', even though it was 'creat' in subsequent versions.
ksherlock 11y ago
3.5.2 Create To create a new file, the following call is used. filep = create(name, mode) But it's listed correctly as a system call. A1.6 creat To create or recreate a file, sys creat name mode
lambda 11y ago
I think he's saying that in this document, "creat" is sometimes spelled with an "e", indicating that the OCR process overcorrected. 3.5.2 Create To create a new file, the following call is used. filep = create(name, mode)

krylon 11y ago

Well, there's this quote by Ken Thompson, who was asked if he'd do anything different if were to start over on Unix: "I would spell creat with an e". With that in mind, it's kind of funny to see that "correction" made by some OCR software.

greenyoda 11y ago

It's not an OCR error - the error appears in the original. If you look at Page 8 of the scanned PDF[1], it says: filep = create(name, mode) [1] http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/research/McIlroy_v0/UnixEditionZero-OCR.pdf http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Mc...