bsd man page for stderr

Query: stderr

OS: bsd

Section: 4

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FD(4)							     Kernel Interfaces Manual							     FD(4)

NAME
fd, stdin, stdout, stderr file descriptor files
DESCRIPTION
The files /dev/fd/0 through /dev/fd/# refer to file descriptors which can be accessed through the file system. If the file descriptor is open and the mode the file is being opened with is a subset of the mode of the existing descriptor, the call: fd = open("/dev/fd/0", mode); and the call: fd = fcntl(0, F_DUPFD, 0); are equivalent. Opening the files /dev/stdin, /dev/stdout and /dev/stderr is equivalent to the following calls: fd = fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_DUPFD, 0); fd = fcntl(STDOUT_FILENO, F_DUPFD, 0); fd = fcntl(STDERR_FILENO, F_DUPFD, 0); Flags to the open(2) call other than O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY and O_RDWR are ignored.
FILES
/dev/fd/# /dev/stdin /dev/stdout /dev/stderr
SEE ALSO
tty(4) 4th Berkeley Distribution February 4, 1997 FD(4)
Related Man Pages
stdin(4) - freebsd
mount_fdesc(8) - mojave
stdout(4) - debian
mount_fdesc(8) - opendarwin
mount_fdesc(8) - netbsd
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