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▀ The ASCIIZ path supplied to this function should be followed by at least
  13 additional bytes of buffer space. MS-DOS adds a backslash () to the
  supplied path, if necessary, then appends a null-terminated filename that
  is a function of the current time.
 
▀ Files created with this function are not automatically deleted when the
  calling program terminates.
 
▀ The function fails if
  - any element of the pathname does not exist.
  - the file is being created in the root directory and the root directory
    is full.
 
▀ [3.0+] If the program is running on a network, the file is created and
  opened for read/write access in compatibility sharing mode.
 
▀ See also Int 21H Functions 3CH, 5BH, and 6CH, which provide additional
  facilities for creating files.
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