> include/filecntl.h in bash-4.1 has following:
>
> #define SET_CLOSE_ON_EXEC(fd) (fcntl ((fd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC))
>
> Is that really the correct/intended usage of F_SETFD ?
F_SETFD Set the close-on-exec flag associated with fildes to
the low order bit of arg (0 or 1 as above).
> If kernel ever adds a new flag to the fd, this would end up clearing the
> other new flag right ?
>
> Shouldn't bash use F_GETFD to get the current flags and set/clear just
> the FD_CLOEXEC bit ?
I suppose it would matter if there are systems that have more than one
flag value.
Chet
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