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POSIX_SPAWNATTR_SETFL... BSD Library Functions Manual POSIX_SPAWNATTR_SETFL...

NAME
     posix_spawnattr_setflags posix_spawnattr_getflags -- get or set flags on a posix_spawnattr_t

SYNOPSIS
     #include <spawn.h>

     int
     posix_spawnattr_setflags(posix_spawnattr_t *attr, short flags);

     int
     posix_spawnattr_getflags(const posix_spawnattr_t *restrict attr, short *restrict flags);

DESCRIPTION
     The posix_spawnattr_setflags() function sets the flags on the attributes object referenced by attr.

     The posix_spawnattr_getflags() function retrieves the flags on the attributes object referenced by
     attr.

     The argument flags is either 0 or a logical OR of one or more of the following flags:

     POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS         If the set group bit is set on the process image being spawned, this bit
                                  has no effect; otherwise, if not set, the child process will inherit the
                                  effective group ID of the parent process, and if set, the child process
                                  will inherit the real group ID of the parent process.

     POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP        If this bit is not set, then the child process inherits the parent process
                                  group; if set, then the child process shall behave as if the setpgid(2)
                                  function had been called with a pid parameter of 0 and a pgid parameter
                                  equal to the value of the spawn-pgroup value of the posix_spawnattr_t, as
                                  set by posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(3)

     POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF        Signals set to to either be caught or to the default action in the parent
                                  process will also be set to the default action in the child process.  Sig-nals Signals
                                  nals set to be ignored in the parent process will be ignored in the child.
                                  However, if this bit is set, then signals in the spawn-sigdefault value of
                                  the posix_spawnattr_t, as set by posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(3) which
                                  are caught or ignored in the parent will instead be reset to their default
                                  actions in the child.

     POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK       If this bit is set, then the initial signal mask of the child process will
                                  be set to the spawn-sigmask value of the posix_spawnattr_t, as set by
                                  posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(3).

     POSIX_SPAWN_SETEXEC          Apple Extension: If this bit is set, rather than returning to the caller,
                                  posix_spawn(2) and posix_spawnp(2) will behave as a more featureful
                                  execve(2).

     POSIX_SPAWN_START_SUSPENDED  Apple Extension: If this bit is set, then the child process will be cre-ated created
                                  ated with its task suspended, permitting debuggers, profilers, and other
                                  programs to manipulate the process before it begins execution in user
                                  space.  This permits, for example, obtaining exact instruction counts, or
                                  debugging very early in dyld(1).

RETURN VALUES
     On success, these functions return 0; on failure they return an error number from <errno.h>.  The
     posix_spawnattr_getflags() additionally, upon successful completion, modifies the value pointed to be
     the attr argument by making it equal to the spawn-flags attribute of the posix_spawnattr_t.

ERRORS
     These functions may fail if:

     [EINVAL]           The value specified by attr is invalid.

     [EINVAL]           The value of attr is invalid.

SEE ALSO
     posix_spawn(2), posix_spawnp(2), posix_spawnattr_init(3), posix_spawnattr_destroy(3),
     posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(3), posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(3), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(3),
     setpgid(2), execve(2), dyld(1)

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

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

Mac OS X                        August 22, 2007                       Mac OS X

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