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+/* cloexec.c - set or clear the close-on-exec descriptor flag
+
+ Copyright (C) 2004, 2009-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+/* Set the 'FD_CLOEXEC' flag of DESC if VALUE is true,
+ or clear the flag if VALUE is false.
+ Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with 'errno' set.
+
+ Note that on MingW, this function does NOT protect DESC from being
+ inherited into spawned children. Instead, either use dup_cloexec
+ followed by closing the original DESC, or use interfaces such as
+ open or pipe2 that accept flags like O_CLOEXEC to create DESC
+ non-inheritable in the first place. */
+
+int set_cloexec_flag (int desc, bool value);
+
+/* Duplicates a file handle FD, while marking the copy to be closed
+ prior to exec or spawn. Returns -1 and sets errno if FD could not
+ be duplicated. */
+
+int dup_cloexec (int fd);