POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDOPEN(3) | Library Functions Manual | POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDOPEN(3)

# 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 (defined in `<spawn.h>`) and is used to specify a series of actions to be performed 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 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 `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 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.

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.

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 negative.
[`EINVAL`]
  The value specified by file_actions is invalid.
[`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”).

# 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 and imported for NetBSD 6.0.

# AUTHORS

Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>

February 2, 2014 | NetBSD 9.2