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30 .Dd August 22, 2007
31 .Dt POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_INIT 3
32 .Os "Mac OS X"
33 .Sh NAME
34 .Nm posix_spawn_file_actions_init
35 .Nm posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy
36 .Nd initialize or destroy spawn file actions objects
37 .Sh SYNOPSIS
38 .Fd #include <spawn.h>
39 .Ft int
40 .Fo posix_spawn_file_actions_init
41 .Fa "posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions"
42 .Fc
43 .Ft int
44 .Fo posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy
45 .Fa "posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions"
46 .Fc
47 .Sh DESCRIPTION
48 The
49 .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_init
50 function initializes the object referenced by
51 .Em file_actions ,
52 to an empty set of file actions for subsequent use in a call to
53 .Xr posix_spawn 2
54 or
55 .Xr posix_spawnp 2 .
56 A
57 .Em posix_spawn_file_actions_t
58 object is an opaque type that is used to collect set of file actions
59 specified by calls to
60 .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose 3
61 and
62 .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen 3
63 such that once the spawn operation is complete, the child process will
64 have a different set of file descriptors than the parent, in the order
65 that the operations were added to the
66 .Em posix_spawn_file_actions_t .
67 .Pp
68 Additionally, any descriptor in the parent not modified by a file action,
69 and which has the FD_CLOEXEC flag set, will be closed in the child.
70 .Pp
71 The
72 .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy
73 function destroys the object referenced by
74 .Em file_actions
75 which was previously intialized by
76 .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_init ,
77 returning any resources obtained at the time of initialization to the
78 system for subsequent reuse. A
79 .Em posix_spawn_file_actions_t
80 may be reinitialized after having been destroyed, but
81 .Em must not
82 be reused after destruction, unless it has been reinitialized.
83 .Sh RETURN VALUES
84 On success, these functions return 0; on failure they return an error
85 number from
86 .In errno.h .
87 .Sh ERRORS
88 These functions will fail and return an error if:
89 .Bl -tag -width Er
90 .\" ==========
91 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
92 Insufficient resources to initialize the
93 .Fa posix_spawn_file_actions_t
94 object.
95 .\" ==========
96 .It Bq Er EINVAL
97 The
98 .Fa posix_spawn_file_actions_t
99 being destroyed is invalid.
100 .El
101 .Sh SEE ALSO
102 .Xr posix_spawn 2 ,
103 .Xr posix_spawnp 2 ,
104 .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose 3 ,
105 .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen 3 ,
106 .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 3
107 .Sh STANDARDS
108 .St -susv3 [SPN]
109 .Sh HISTORY
110 The
111 .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_init
112 and
113 .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy
114 function calls appeared in
115 .St -susv3 [SPN] .