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Inside Macintosh: Files /
Chapter 1 - Introduction to File Management / File Management Reference
File and Directory Manipulation Routines / Opening, Creating, and Deleting Files


FSpCreate

You can use the FSpCreate function to create a new file.

FUNCTION FSpCreate (spec: FSSpec; creator: OSType; 
                     fileType: OSType; scriptTag: ScriptCode): 
                     OSErr;
spec
An FSSpec record specifying the file to be created.
creator
The creator of the new file.
fileType
The file type of the new file.
scriptTag
The code of the script system in which the filename is to be displayed. If you have established the name and location of the new file using either the StandardPutFile or CustomPutFile procedure, specify the script code returned in the reply record. (See the chapter "Standard File Package" in this book for a description of StandardPutFile and CustomPutFile.) Otherwise, specify the system script by setting the scriptTag parameter to the value smSystemScript.
DESCRIPTION
The FSpCreate function creates a new file (both forks) with the specified type, creator, and script code. The new file is unlocked and empty. The date and time of creation and last modification are set to the current date and time.

See the chapter "Finder Interface" in Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials for information on file types and creators.

Files created using FSpCreate are not automatically opened. If you want to write
data to the new file, you must first open the file using a file access routine (such
as FSpOpenDF).

Note
The resource fork of the new file exists but is empty. You'll need to call one of the Resource Manager procedures CreateResFile, HCreateResFile, or FSpCreateResFile to create a resource map in the file before you can open it (by calling one of the Resource Manager functions OpenResFile, HOpenResFile, or FSpOpenResFile).
RESULT CODES
noErr0No error
dirFulErr-33File directory full
dskFulErr-34Disk is full
nsvErr-35No such volume
ioErr-36I/O error
bdNamErr-37Bad filename
fnfErr-43Directory not found or incomplete pathname
wPrErr-44Hardware volume lock
vLckdErr-46Software volume lock
dupFNErr-48Duplicate filename and version
dirNFErr-120Directory not found or incomplete pathname
afpAccessDenied-5000User does not have the correct access
afpObjectTypeErr-5025A directory exists with that name

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2 JUL 1996