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NAME
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen, posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2,
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose -- add open, dup2 or close action to
     spawn file	actions	object

LIBRARY
     Standard C	Library	(libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <spawn.h>

     int
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions,
	 int fildes, const char	*restrict path,	int oflag, mode_t mode);

     int
     posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions,
	 int fildes, int newfildes);

     int
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions,
	 int fildes);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions add an open, dup2 or close	action to a spawn file actions
     object.

     A spawn file actions object is of type posix_spawn_file_actions_t (de-
     fined in <spawn.h>) and is	used to	specify	a series of actions to be per-
     formed by a posix_spawn() or 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.

     A spawn file actions object, when passed to posix_spawn() or
     posix_spawnp(), specify how the set of open file descriptors in the call-
     ing process is transformed	into a set of potentially open file descrip-
     tors 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 or-
     der 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 FD_CLOEXEC flag set is closed (see posix_spawn()).

     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen() function adds an open action to
     the object	referenced by file_actions that	causes the file	named by path
     to	be opened (as if

	   open(path, oflag, mode)

     had been called, and the returned file descriptor,	if not fildes, had
     been changed to fildes) when a new	process	is spawned using this file ac-
     tions object.  If fildes was already an open file descriptor, it is
     closed before the new file	is opened.

     The string	described by path is copied by the
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen()	function.

     The posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2() function adds a dup2 action	to the
     object referenced by file_actions that causes the file descriptor fildes
     to	be duplicated as newfildes (as if

	   dup2(fildes,	newfildes)

     had been called) when a new process is spawned using this file actions
     object, except that the FD_CLOEXEC	flag for newfildes is cleared even if
     fildes is equal to	newfildes.  The	difference from	dup2() is useful for
     passing a particular file descriptor to a particular child	process.

     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose() function adds a close action to
     the object	referenced by file_actions that	causes the file	descriptor
     fildes to be closed (as if

	   close(fildes)

     had been called) when a new process is spawned using this file actions
     object.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, these functions return	zero; otherwise, an
     error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     These functions fail if:

     [EBADF]		The value specified by fildes or newfildes is nega-
			tive.

     [ENOMEM]		Insufficient memory exists to add to the spawn file
			actions	object.

SEE ALSO
     close(2), dup2(2),	open(2), posix_spawn(3),
     posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(3), posix_spawn_file_actions_init(3),
     posix_spawnp(3)

STANDARDS
     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(),
     posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()	and
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose() functions conform to IEEE Std
     1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1"), with the exception of the	behavior of
     posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()	if fildes is equal to newfildes
     (clearing FD_CLOEXEC).  A future update of	the Standard is	expected to
     require this behavior.

HISTORY
     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(),
     posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()	and
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose() functions first appeared in
     FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS
     Ed	Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD	13.0			  May 9, 2013			  FreeBSD 13.0

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