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-rw-r--r-- | lib/cloexec.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/cloexec.h b/lib/cloexec.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..057fd66 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/cloexec.h @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +/* cloexec.c - set or clear the close-on-exec descriptor flag + + Copyright (C) 2004, 2009-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as + published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the + License, or (at your option) any later version. + + This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ + +/* Set the 'FD_CLOEXEC' flag of DESC if VALUE is true, + or clear the flag if VALUE is false. + Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with 'errno' set. + + Note that on MingW, this function does NOT protect DESC from being + inherited into spawned children. Instead, either use dup_cloexec + followed by closing the original DESC, or use interfaces such as + open or pipe2 that accept flags like O_CLOEXEC to create DESC + non-inheritable in the first place. */ + +int set_cloexec_flag (int desc, bool value); + +/* Duplicates a file handle FD, while marking the copy to be closed + prior to exec or spawn. Returns -1 and sets errno if FD could not + be duplicated. */ + +int dup_cloexec (int fd); |