Document O_CLOEXEC.
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.\" @(#)open.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/16/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd February 28, 2009
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.Dd March 25, 2011
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.Dt OPEN 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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O_NOCTTY don't assign controlling terminal
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O_TTY_INIT restore default terminal attributes
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O_DIRECTORY error if file is not a directory
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O_CLOEXEC set FD_CLOEXEC upon open
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Opening a file with
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.Dv O_RDONLY ,
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such as device nodes.
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.Pp
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.Dv O_CLOEXEC
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may be used to set
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.Dv FD_CLOEXEC
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flag for the newly returned file descriptor.
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.Pp
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If successful,
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.Fn open
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returns a non-negative integer, termed a file descriptor.
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When a new file is created it is given the group of the directory
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which contains it.
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.Pp
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The new descriptor is set to remain open across
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Unless
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.Dv
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O_CLOEXEC
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flag was specified,
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the new descriptor is set to remain open across
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.Xr execve 2
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system calls; see
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.Xr close 2
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.Xr close 2 ,
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.Xr fcntl 2
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and
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.Xr fcntl 2 .
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.Dv O_CLOEXEC
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description.
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.Pp
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The system imposes a limit on the number of file descriptors
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open simultaneously by one process.
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