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40 .Dt POSIX_SPAWNATTR_INIT 3
43 .Nm posix_spawnattr_init ,
44 .Nm posix_spawnattr_destroy
45 .Nd "initialize and destroy spawn attributes object"
51 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init "posix_spawnattr_t * attr"
53 .Fn posix_spawnattr_destroy "posix_spawnattr_t * attr"
56 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init
57 function initializes a spawn attributes object
59 with the default value for all of the individual attributes used by the
61 Initializing an already initialized spawn attributes object may cause
65 .Fn posix_spawnattr_destroy
66 function destroys a spawn attributes object.
69 attributes object can be reinitialized using
70 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init .
71 The object should not be used after it has been destroyed.
73 A spawn attributes object is of type
77 and is used to specify the inheritance of process attributes across a
80 The resulting spawn attributes object (possibly modified by setting
81 individual attribute values), is used to modify the behavior of
85 After a spawn attributes object has been used to spawn a process by a
90 any function affecting the attributes object (including destruction)
91 will not affect any process that has been spawned in this way.
93 Upon successful completion,
94 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init
96 .Fn posix_spawnattr_destroy
98 otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
101 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init
102 function will fail if:
105 Insufficient memory exists to initialize the spawn file actions object.
112 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init
114 .Fn posix_spawnattr_destroy
119 .Fn posix_spawnattr_init
121 .Fn posix_spawnattr_destroy
122 functions first appeared in
127 .An Ed Schouten Aq Mt ed@FreeBSD.org