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[coreutils.git] / lib / dup2.c
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1 /* Duplicate an open file descriptor to a specified file descriptor.
2 Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* written by Paul Eggert */
20 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 # include <config.h>
22 #endif
24 #include <errno.h>
25 #ifndef errno
26 extern int errno;
27 #endif
29 #if HAVE_FCNTL_H
30 # include <fcntl.h>
31 #endif
33 #if HAVE_UNISTD_H
34 # include <unistd.h>
35 #endif
37 #ifndef F_DUPFD
38 static int
39 dupfd (int fd, int desired_fd)
41 int duplicated_fd = dup (fd);
42 if (duplicated_fd < 0 || duplicated_fd == desired_fd)
43 return duplicated_fd;
44 else
46 int r = dupfd (fd, desired_fd);
47 int e = errno;
48 close (duplicated_fd);
49 errno = e;
50 return r;
53 #endif
55 int
56 dup2 (int fd, int desired_fd)
58 if (fd == desired_fd)
59 return fd;
60 close (desired_fd);
61 #ifdef F_DUPFD
62 return fcntl (fd, F_DUPFD, desired_fd);
63 #else
64 return dupfd (fd, desired_fd);
65 #endif