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.\" @(#)posix_spawn.2
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-.Dd August 9, 2007
+.Dd November 2, 2010
.Dt POSIX_SPAWN 2
.Os "Mac OS X"
.Sh NAME
.Pp
The argument
.Fa file_actions
-is either NULL, or it is a a pointer to a file actions object that was
+is either NULL, or it is a pointer to a file actions object that was
initialized by a call to
.Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_init 3
and represents zero or more file actions.
.Xr fcntl 2 ) .
Descriptors that remain open are unaffected by
.Fn posix_spawn
-unless their behaviour is modified by a file action; see
+unless their behaviour is modified by particular spawn flags
+or a file action; see
+.Xr posix_spawnattr_setflags 3
+and
.Xr posix_spawn_file_actions_init 3
-for more information.
+for additional information.
.Pp
The argument
.Fa attrp