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The descriptor referred to by .Em filedes is closed as if .Fn close had been called on it prior to the new child process starting execution. .Pp The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function adds an open operation to the list of operations associated with the object referenced by .Em file_actions , for subsequent use in a call to .Xr posix_spawn 2 or .Xr posix_spawnp 2 . The descriptor referred to by .Em filedes is opened using the .Em path , .Em oflag , and .Em mode arguments as if .Fn open had been called on it prior to the new child process starting execution. The string .Em path is copied by the .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function during this process, so storage need not be persistent in the caller. .Pp The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 function adds a dup2 operation to the list of operations associated with the object referenced by .Em file_actions , for subsequent use in a call to .Xr posix_spawn 2 or .Xr posix_spawnp 2 . The descriptor referred to by .Em newfiledes is created as if .Fn dup2 had been called on .Em filedes prior to the new child process starting execution. .Pp The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addinherit_np function adds an abstract inheritance operation to the list of operations associated with the object referenced by .Em file_actions , for subsequent use in a call to .Xr posix_spawn 2 or .Xr posix_spawnp 2 . The pre-existing descriptor referred to by .Em filedes is marked for inheritance into the new process image, and the .Em FD_CLOEXEC flag is cleared from the file descriptor in the new process image. .Pp Normally, for .Xr posix_spawn 2 and .Xr posix_spawnp 2 , all file descriptors are inherited from the parent process into the spawned process, except for those explicitly marked as close-on-exec. However if the flag .Em POSIX_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_DEFAULT is set, then during the spawn operation, all pre-existing file descriptors in the parent process are treated as if they had been marked close-on-exec i.e. none of them are automatically inherited. See .Xr posix_spawnattr_setflags 3 . Only file descriptors explicitly manipulated via .Em file_actions are made available in the spawned process. In that case, .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_addinherit_np can be used to make specific pre-existing file descriptors from the parent process be available in the spawned process. .Sh RETURN VALUES On success, these functions return 0; on failure they return an error number from .In errno.h . .Sh ERRORS These functions may fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .\" ========== .It Bq Er EBADF The value specified by .Fa filedes is negative or would cause the process to exceed the maximum number of open files it is allowed. .\" ========== .It Bq Er EINVAL The value of .Fa file_actions is invalid. .\" ========== .It Bq Er ENOMEM Insufficient memory was available to add the new action to .Fa file_actions . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr posix_spawn 2 , .Xr posix_spawnp 2 , .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_init 3 , .Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy 3 , .Xr posix_spawnattr_setflags 3 . .Sh STANDARDS .St -susv3 [SPN] .Sh HISTORY The .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_init and .Fn posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy function calls appeared in .St -susv3 [SPN] .