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any explanation for thsi shell script behaviour
Post 10150 by doeboy on Thursday 8th of November 2001 01:12:33 PM
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spawn.h
spawn.h(3HEAD) Headers spawn.h(3HEAD) NAME
spawn.h, spawn - spawn SYNOPSIS
#include <spawn.h> DESCRIPTION
The <spawn.h> header defines the posix_spawnattr_t and posix_spawn_file_actions_t types used in performing spawn operations. The <spawn.h> header defines the flags that can be set in a posix_spawnattr_t object using the posix_spawnattr_setflags() function: POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK Inclusion of the <spawn.h> header can make visible symbols defined in the <sched.h>, <signal.h>, and <sys/types.h> headers. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
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