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diff --git a/doc/libstddjb/djbunix.html b/doc/libstddjb/djbunix.html index 0d6c89f..37235c1 100644 --- a/doc/libstddjb/djbunix.html +++ b/doc/libstddjb/djbunix.html @@ -458,13 +458,20 @@ on systems that support it. </p> <p> -<code> pid_t child_spawn1 (char const *file, char const *const *argv, char const *const *envp, int *fd, int w) </code> <br /> +<code> pid_t child_spawn1_pipe (char const *file, char const *const *argv, char const *const *envp, int *fd, int w) </code> <br /> Like <tt>child_spawn0()</tt>, except that a pipe is created between the child's stdin (if <em>w</em> is 0) or stdout (if <em>w</em> is nonzero) and the parent. The parent's end of the pipe will be stored in *<em>fd</em>. </p> <p> +<code> pid_t child_spawn1_socket (char const *file, char const *const *argv, char const *const *envp, int *fd) +Like <tt>child_spawn0</tt>, except that a socket is created between the parent +and the child. Both the child's stdin and stdout point to the socket; the parent has +its end of the socket available in *<em>fd</em>. +</p> + +<p> <code> pid_t child_spawn (char const *file, char const *const *argv, char const *const *envp, int *fds, unsigned int nfds) </code> <br /> More generic spawning function. <em>fds</em> must point to an array of at least <em>nfds</em> ints; file descriptors reading from or writing to the child will be stored there. The function returns @@ -472,10 +479,8 @@ file descriptors reading from or writing to the child will be stored there. The </p> <ul> <li> If <em>nfds</em> is 0, then the function behaves like <tt>child_spawn0</tt>, except -all signals will be reset to the default behaviour in the child </li> - <li> If <em>nfds</em> is 1, then <em>fds</em>[0] will contain a Unix domain socket -connected to the child's stdin and stdout. </li> - <li> If <em>nfds</em> is 2 or more, then <em>fds</em> will contain pipes between the +all ignored signals will be un-ignored in the child </li> + <li> If <em>nfds</em> is 1 or more, then <em>fds</em> will contain pipes between the child and the parent. The parent will read on even-numbered ones (starting on <em>fds</em>[0]) and write on odd-numbered ones. </li> </ul> |