CREATE v1.41 - create empty file(s)
Documentation revised 21 Oct 00 - Copyright (c) 1996-2000 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

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create [log logfile] [options] file [...]

See Understanding The Usage Section for details.


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create creates empty file(s), as named by the file argument(s).

For each file created, create prints the following message:

      create: "file" created

If file already exists, create will print an error message and exit (but see -o and -w options).

If file can not be created, create will print an error message and exit.

If you don't specify logfile, create writes error messages to standard error.


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For example (if files "xyz.txt" and "data.tst" do not already exist), the command:

      create xyz.txt data.tst

creates two files, "xyz.txt" and "data.tst", both empty, and prints these messages to standard error (or logfile, if given):

      create: "xyz.txt" created
      create: "data.tst" created


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create recognizes the following command line options:


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create returns with one of the following codes ("error levels"):

For more details, see TextTools General Features.


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These are the released versions of create:

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