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fcntl.2: Make the description of the effect of close-on-exec a little clearer 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-09-12 06:00:04 +01:00
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@ -144,9 +144,16 @@ Currently, only one such flag is defined:
the close-on-exec flag.
If the
.B FD_CLOEXEC
bit is 0, the file descriptor will remain open across an
.BR execve (2),
otherwise it will be closed.
bit is set,
the file descriptor will automatically be closed during a successful
.BR execve (2).
(If the
.BR execve (2)
fails, the file descriptor is left open.)
If the
.B FD_CLOEXEC
bit is not set, the file descriptor will remain open across an
.BR execve (2).
.TP
.BR F_GETFD " (\fIvoid\fP)"
Return (as the function result) the file descriptor flags;