Re: [PATCH] dup2 w/flags

["Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

On 4/28/08, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:
> This patch adds dup3 which is dup2 with an additional parameter.  The
>  parameter takes the usual O_* flags, with only O_CLOEXEC handled so far
>  (it's possible to handle O_NONBLOCK in future, if this is wanted).
>
>  I've read some people mentioning that we simply should use a new fcntl()
>  extension similar to F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC.  I think that's a terrible idea
>  and in any case not better than sys_indirect.  A new syscall is the
>  cleanest solution and it's really only a little bit of effort.

Ulrich,

To repeat my earlier request, and as requested in Documentation/HOWTO,
could you please CC me on API changes.  This alerts me to what may
eventually need documenting in man-pages.

Cheers,

Michael