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coe(3) Library Functions Manual coe(3)

coe - set close-on-exec flag for a descriptor

#include <coe.h>

int coe(fd);

int fd;

coe sets the close-on-exec flag for file descriptor fd, returning 0 if it was successful or -1 on error. If coe is successful, fd will be closed when the process calls execve.

execve(2), fcntl(2)