[ILUG] don't pass open file descriptor to children

[Glen Gray]

Of course you know this as we just discussed it :-)

On 13 Jul 2001 16:07:54 +0100, Glen Gray wrote:
> I'd suggest using clone instead of fork but IIRC it globally restricts
> descriptors being passed to children, i.e. It doesn't give you fine
> control to pass all but this descriptor etc.
> 
> 
> On 13 Jul 2001 16:05:02 +0100, Padraig Brady wrote:
> > Is there a flag you can set on a file descriptor (using fcntl or equivalent)
> > to tell the kernel not to copy that particular descriptor to forked 
> > children?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > Padraig.
> > 
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