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The thing is that spawned processed do not give a damn about already opened file descriptors (except for stdio).

The thing is that spawned processed do not give a damn about already opened file descriptors (except for stdio). But the standard is broken for historical reasons, very unfortunately. I read that as "it would be better if the default for spawned processes were to _not_ share file descriptors" , not as "it would be better if it were impossible to inherit file descriptors"

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The thing is that spawned processed do not give a damn about already opened file descriptors (except for stdio).

SomeoneMay 25, 2015, 10:44 PM

The thing is that spawned processed do not give a damn about already opened file descriptors (except for stdio). But the standard is broken for historical reasons, very unfortunately. I read that as "it would be better if the default for spawned processes were to _not_ share file descriptors" , not as "it would be better if it were impossible to inherit file descriptors"

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