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FIOCLEX
Set close on exec on a file descriptor

QNX Momentics IDE User's Guide
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        Set close on exec on a file descriptor
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        Get the owner of a file
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        Set or clear nonblocking I/O
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        Clear close on exec on a file descriptor
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        Determine the number of characters waiting to be read
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        Set the owner of a file
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FIOCLEX

QNX SDP8.0Devctl and Ioctl CommandsDeveloper

Set close on exec on a file descriptor

Synopsis:

#include <sys/ioctl.h>

#define FIOCLEX         _IO('f', 1)

Arguments to ioctl():


Argument	Value
`fd`	A file descriptor that you obtained by opening the device
`request`	FIOCLEX

Description:

This command sets the close on exec flag on a file descriptor. It's implemented as a call to fcntl() with a command of F_SETFD and an additional argument of FD_CLOEXEC.

Input:

None.

Output: