posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose

, posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen

- add close or open action to spawn file actions object

Synopsis

#include <spawn.h>

int posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(
     posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions, int fildes);

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

Description

These functions add or delete a close or open action to a spawn file actions object.

A spawn file actions object is of type posix_spawn_file_actions_t (defined in <spawn.h>) and is used to specify a series of actions to be performed by a posix_spawn(3C) or posix_spawn(3C) operation 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(), specifies 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 occurs as though 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 FD_CLOEXEC flag set is closed (see posix_spawn(3C)).

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.

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 actions 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.

Return Values

Upon successful completion, these functions return 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

Errors

These functions will fail if:

EBADF

The value specified by fildes is negative or greater than or equal to {OPEN_MAX}.

These functions may fail if:

EINVAL

The value specified by file_actions is invalid.

ENOMEM

Insufficient memory exists to add to the spawn file actions object.

It is not considered an error for the fildes argument passed to these functions to specify a file descriptor for which the specified operation could not be performed at the time of the call. Any such error will be detected when the associated file actions object is later used during a posix_spawn() or posix_spawnp() operation.

If a close(2) operation is specified for a file descriptor that is not open at the time of the call to posix_spawn() or posix_spawnp(), the close operation will not cause the posix_spawn() or posix_spawnp() operation to fail.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

close(2), dup(2), open(2), posix_spawn(3C), posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(3C), posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)