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There are no getdtablesize() bounds on the file descriptor to be duplicated; it only has to be open. If the RLIMIT_NOFILE rlimit was decreased after opening the file descriptor, it may be greater than or equal to getdtablesize() but still valid. MFC after: 1 week
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.\" @(#)dup.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 21, 2013
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.Dt DUP 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dup ,
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.Nm dup2
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.Nd duplicate an existing file descriptor
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn dup "int oldd"
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.Ft int
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.Fn dup2 "int oldd" "int newd"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn dup
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system call
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duplicates an existing object descriptor and returns its value to
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the calling process
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.Fa ( newd
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=
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.Fn dup oldd ) .
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The argument
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.Fa oldd
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is a small non-negative integer index in
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the per-process descriptor table.
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The new descriptor returned by the call
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is the lowest numbered descriptor
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currently not in use by the process.
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.Pp
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The object referenced by the descriptor does not distinguish
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between
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.Fa oldd
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and
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.Fa newd
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in any way.
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Thus if
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.Fa newd
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and
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.Fa oldd
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are duplicate references to an open
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file,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr write 2
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and
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.Xr lseek 2
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calls all move a single pointer into the file,
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and append mode, non-blocking I/O and asynchronous I/O options
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are shared between the references.
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If a separate pointer into the file is desired, a different
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object reference to the file must be obtained by issuing an
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additional
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.Xr open 2
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system call.
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The close-on-exec flag on the new file descriptor is unset.
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.Pp
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In
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.Fn dup2 ,
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the value of the new descriptor
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.Fa newd
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is specified.
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If this descriptor is already in use and
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.Fa oldd
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\*(Ne
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.Fa newd ,
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the descriptor is first deallocated as if the
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.Xr close 2
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system call had been used.
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If
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.Fa oldd
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is not a valid descriptor, then
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.Fa newd
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is not closed.
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If
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.Fa oldd
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==
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.Fa newd
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and
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.Fa oldd
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is a valid descriptor, then
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.Fn dup2
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is successful, and does nothing.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The value -1 is returned if an error occurs in either call.
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The external variable
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.Va errno
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indicates the cause of the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn dup
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system call fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The
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.Fa oldd
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argument
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is not a valid active descriptor
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.It Bq Er EMFILE
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Too many descriptors are active.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn dup2
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system call fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The
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.Fa oldd
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argument is not a valid active descriptor or the
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.Fa newd
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argument is negative or exceeds the maximum allowable descriptor number
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr accept 2 ,
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.Xr close 2 ,
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.Xr fcntl 2 ,
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.Xr getdtablesize 2 ,
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr pipe 2 ,
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.Xr socket 2 ,
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.Xr socketpair 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn dup
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and
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.Fn dup2
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system calls are expected to conform to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn dup
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and
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.Fn dup2
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functions appeared in
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.At v7 .
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