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POSIX_SPAWNATTR_INIT(3)  BSD Library Functions Manual  POSIX_SPAWNATTR_INIT(3)

NAME
     posix_spawnattr_init posix_spawnattr_destroy -- initialize or destroy a spawn attributes object

SYNOPSIS
     #include <spawn.h>

     int
     posix_spawnattr_init(posix_spawnattr_t *attr);

     int
     posix_spawnattr_destroy(posix_spawnattr_t *attr);

DESCRIPTION
     The posix_spawnattr_init() function initializes the object referenced by attr, to an empty set of spawn
     attributes for subsequent use in a call to posix_spawn(2) or posix_spawnp(2).

     A posix_spawnattr_t object is an opaque type that is used to collect set of spawn attributes specified
     by calls to posix_spawnattr_setflags(3), posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(3),
     posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(3), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(3), posix_spawnattr_setbinpref_np(3),
     posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np(3), or posix_spawnattr_setexceptionports_np(3) such that once the
     spawn operation is complete, the child process will have a different set of attributes than the parent.
     The order of these operations is unspecified and may change; programs should not depend on their order-ing. ordering.
     ing.

     The posix_spawnattr_destroy() function destroys the object referenced by attr which was previously
     intialized by posix_spawnattr_init(), returning any resources obtained at the time of initialization to
     the system for subsequent reuse.  A posix_spawnattr_t may be reinitialized after having been destroyed,
     but must not be reused after destruction, unless it has been reinitialized.

RETURN VALUES
     On success, these functions return 0; on failure they return an error number from <errno.h>.

ERRORS
     The posix_spawnattr_init() and posix_spawnattr_destroy() functions will fail and return an error if:

     [ENOMEM]           Insufficient resources to initialize the posix_spawnattr_t object.

     [EINVAL]           The posix_spawnattr_t being destroyed is invalid.

SEE ALSO
     posix_spawn(2), posix_spawnp(2), posix_spawnattr_setflags(3), posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(3),
     posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(3), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(3), posix_spawnattr_setbinpref_np(3),
     posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np(3), posix_spawnattr_setexceptionports_np(3)

STANDARDS
     Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv3'') [SPN]

HISTORY
     The posix_spawn() and posix_spawnp() function calls appeared in Version 3 of the Single UNIX
     Specification (``SUSv3'') [SPN].

Mac OS X                        August 22, 2007                       Mac OS X