procexec/vfork_fd_test.c

This is procexec/vfork_fd_test.c, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is the solution to Exercise 24-2 (page 530).

The source code file is copyright 2024, Michael Kerrisk, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

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/* vfork_fd_test.c

   Demonstrate that a vfork()ed child has a separate set of file descriptors
   from its parent.
*/
#define _BSD_SOURCE     /* To get vfork() declaration from <unistd.h>
                           in case _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700 */
#include "tlpi_hdr.h"
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    switch (vfork()) {
    case -1: errExit("vfork");

    case 0: if (close(STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
                errMsg("close - child");
            _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);

    default: break;
    }

    /* Now parent closes STDOUT_FILENO twice: only the second close
       should fail, indicating that the close(STDOUT_FILENO) by the
       child did not affect the parent. */

    if (close(STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
        errMsg("close");
    if (close(STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
        errMsg("close");

    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

 

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