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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 b/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 deleted file mode 100644 index 258bcc8012bb..000000000000 --- a/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,170 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)dup.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" -.Dd December 1, 2017 -.Dt DUP 2 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm dup , -.Nm dup2 -.Nd duplicate an existing file descriptor -.Sh LIBRARY -.Lb libc -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.In unistd.h -.Ft int -.Fn dup "int oldd" -.Ft int -.Fn dup2 "int oldd" "int newd" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Fn dup -system call -duplicates an existing object descriptor and returns its value to -the calling process -.Fa ( newd -= -.Fn dup oldd ) . -The argument -.Fa oldd -is a small non-negative integer index in -the per-process descriptor table. -The new descriptor returned by the call -is the lowest numbered descriptor -currently not in use by the process. -.Pp -The object referenced by the descriptor does not distinguish -between -.Fa oldd -and -.Fa newd -in any way. -Thus if -.Fa newd -and -.Fa oldd -are duplicate references to an open -file, -.Xr read 2 , -.Xr write 2 -and -.Xr lseek 2 -calls all move a single pointer into the file, -and append mode, non-blocking I/O and asynchronous I/O options -are shared between the references. -If a separate pointer into the file is desired, a different -object reference to the file must be obtained by issuing an -additional -.Xr open 2 -system call. -The close-on-exec flag on the new file descriptor is unset. -.Pp -In -.Fn dup2 , -the value of the new descriptor -.Fa newd -is specified. -If this descriptor is already in use and -.Fa oldd -\*(Ne -.Fa newd , -the descriptor is first deallocated as if the -.Xr close 2 -system call had been used. -If -.Fa oldd -is not a valid descriptor, then -.Fa newd -is not closed. -If -.Fa oldd -== -.Fa newd -and -.Fa oldd -is a valid descriptor, then -.Fn dup2 -is successful, and does nothing. -.Sh RETURN VALUES -These calls return the new file descriptor if successful; -otherwise the value -1 is returned and -the external variable -.Va errno -is set to indicate the cause of the error. -.Sh ERRORS -The -.Fn dup -system call fails if: -.Bl -tag -width Er -.It Bq Er EBADF -The -.Fa oldd -argument -is not a valid active descriptor -.It Bq Er EMFILE -Too many descriptors are active. -.El -.Pp -The -.Fn dup2 -system call fails if: -.Bl -tag -width Er -.It Bq Er EBADF -The -.Fa oldd -argument is not a valid active descriptor or the -.Fa newd -argument is negative or exceeds the maximum allowable descriptor number -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr accept 2 , -.Xr close 2 , -.Xr fcntl 2 , -.Xr getdtablesize 2 , -.Xr open 2 , -.Xr pipe 2 , -.Xr socket 2 , -.Xr socketpair 2 , -.Xr dup3 3 -.Sh STANDARDS -The -.Fn dup -and -.Fn dup2 -system calls are expected to conform to -.St -p1003.1-90 . -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Fn dup -function appeared in -.At v3 . -The -.Fn dup2 -function appeared in -.At v7 . |