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POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR(3)                  Library Functions Manual

NAME
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir, posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir -
     add chdir or fchdir action to spawn file actions object

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <spawn.h>

     int
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir(posix_spawn_file_actions_t *restrict file_actions,
         const char *restrict path);

     int
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir(posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions,
         int fildes);

DESCRIPTION
     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir() function adds a chdir action to
     the object referenced by file_actions that causes the working directory
     to be set to path (as if

           chdir(path)

     had been called) for a new process spawned using this file actions
     object.  A relative path is interpreted relative to the working directory
     determined by any prior actions.  The string pointed to by path is copied
     by the posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir() function.

     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir() function adds a fchdir action to
     the object referenced by file_actions that causes the working directory
     to be set to the directory referenced by fildes (as if

           fchdir(fildes)

     had been called) for a new process spawned using this file actions
     object.

     File actions are performed in the new process created by posix_spawn() or
     posix_spawnp() in the same order that they were added to the file actions
     object.  Thus the execution of an "open" action that was created by a
     call to posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen() that specifies a relative path
     will be affected by the execution of a chdir or fchdir action that was
     created by a previous call to posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir() or
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir().  Likewise, a relative path passed
     to posix_spawn() will be affected by the last chdir or fchdir action in
     the file action list.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, these function return zero; otherwise, an
     error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir() function fails if:

     [EBADF]            The value specified by fildes is negative.

     Both functions may fail with:

     [EINVAL]           The value specified by file_actions is invalid.

     [ENOMEM]           Insufficient memory exists to add the spawn file
                        actions object.

     It is not an error for the path or fildes argument passed to these
     functions to specify a pathname or file descriptor for which the
     specified operation could not be performed at the time of the call.  Any
     such error will be detected when the associated file actions object is
     later used during a posix_spawn() or posix_spawnp() operation.

SEE ALSO
     chdir(2), fchdir(2), posix_spawn(3), posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(3),
     posix_spawn_file_actions_init(3), posix_spawnp(3)

STANDARDS
     The posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir() and
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir() functions conform to IEEE Std
     1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1").

HISTORY
     The POSIX implementation of posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir() and
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir() is derived from SOLARIS kernel's
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np().

AUTHORS
     Piyush Sachdeva

NetBSD 10.99                     July 8, 2020                     NetBSD 10.99