.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Ed Schouten .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form .\" from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- .\" Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base .\" Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of .\" Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the .\" event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and .\" The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is .\" the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at .\" http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/gen/posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen.3 282003 2015-04-26 10:52:37Z bapt $ .\" .Dd May 9, 2013 .Dt POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDOPEN 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen , .Nm posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 , .Nm posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose .Nd "add open, dup2 or close action to spawn file actions object" .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS .In spawn.h .Ft int .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen "posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions" "int fildes" "const char *restrict path" "int oflag" "mode_t mode" .Ft int .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 "posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions" "int fildes" "int newfildes" .Ft int .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose "posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions" "int fildes" .Sh DESCRIPTION These functions add an open, dup2 or close action to a spawn file actions object. .Pp A spawn file actions object is of type .Vt posix_spawn_file_actions_t (defined in .In spawn.h ) and is used to specify a series of actions to be performed by a .Fn posix_spawn or .Fn posix_spawnp operation in order to arrive at the set of open file descriptors for the child process given the set of open file descriptors of the parent. .Pp A spawn file actions object, when passed to .Fn posix_spawn or .Fn posix_spawnp , specify how the set of open file descriptors in the calling process is transformed into a set of potentially open file descriptors for the spawned process. This transformation is as if the specified sequence of actions was performed exactly once, in the context of the spawned process (prior to execution of the new process image), in the order in which the actions were added to the object; additionally, when the new process image is executed, any file descriptor (from this new set) which has its .Dv FD_CLOEXEC flag set is closed (see .Fn posix_spawn ) . .Pp The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function adds an open action to the object referenced by .Fa file_actions that causes the file named by .Fa path to be opened (as if .Bd -literal -offset indent open(path, oflag, mode) .Ed .Pp had been called, and the returned file descriptor, if not .Fa fildes , had been changed to .Fa fildes ) when a new process is spawned using this file actions object. If .Fa fildes was already an open file descriptor, it is closed before the new file is opened. .Pp The string described by .Fa path is copied by the .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function. .Pp The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 function adds a dup2 action to the object referenced by .Fa file_actions that causes the file descriptor .Fa fildes to be duplicated as .Fa newfildes (as if .Bd -literal -offset indent dup2(fildes, newfildes) .Ed .Pp had been called) when a new process is spawned using this file actions object, except that the .Dv FD_CLOEXEC flag for .Fa newfildes is cleared even if .Fa fildes is equal to .Fa newfildes . The difference from .Fn dup2 is useful for passing a particular file descriptor to a particular child process. .Pp The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose function adds a close action to the object referenced by .Fa file_actions that causes the file descriptor .Fa fildes to be closed (as if .Bd -literal -offset indent close(fildes) .Ed .Pp had been called) when a new process is spawned using this file actions object. .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, these functions return zero; otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS These functions fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EBADF The value specified by .Fa fildes or .Fa newfildes is negative. .It Bq Er ENOMEM Insufficient memory exists to add to the spawn file actions object. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr close 2 , .Xr dup2 2 , .Xr open 2 , .Xr posix_spawn 3 , .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy 3 , .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_init 3 , .Xr posix_spawnp 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen , .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 and .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose functions conform to .St -p1003.1-2001 , with the exception of the behavior of .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 if .Fa fildes is equal to .Fa newfildes (clearing .Dv FD_CLOEXEC ) . A future update of the Standard is expected to require this behavior. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen , .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 and .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose functions first appeared in .Fx 8.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An \&Ed Schouten Aq Mt ed@FreeBSD.org