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If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] .TH fcntl.h 3HEAD "5 Feb 2008" "SunOS 5.11" "Headers" .SH NAME fcntl.h, fcntl \- file control options .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf #include .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP The \fB\fR header defines the following requests and arguments for use by the functions \fBfcntl\fR(2), \fBopen\fR(2), and \fBopenat\fR(2). .sp .LP Values for \fIcmd\fR used by \fBfcntl()\fR (the following values are unique): .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_DUPFD\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Duplicate file descriptor. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_DUP2FD\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Similar to \fBF_DUPFD\fR, but always returns \fIarg\fR. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_GETFD\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Get file descriptor flags. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETFD\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Set file descriptor flags. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_GETFL\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Get file status flags. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETFL\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Set file status flags. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_GETOWN\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Get process or process group \fBID\fR to receive \fBSIGURG\fR signals. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETOWN\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Set process or process group \fBID\fR to receive \fBSIGURG\fR signals. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_FREESP\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Free storage space associated with a section of the ordinary file \fIfildes\fR. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_ALLOCSP\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Allocate space for a section of the ordinary file \fIfildes\fR. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_ALLOCSP64\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Equivalent to \fBF_ALLOCSP\fR, but takes a \fBstruct flock64\fR argument rather than a \fBstruct flock\fR argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_GETLK\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Get record locking information. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_GETLK64\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Equivalent to \fBF_GETLK\fR, but takes a \fBstruct flock64\fR argument rather than a \fBstruct flock\fR argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETLK\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Set record locking information. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETLK64\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Equivalent to \fBF_SETLK\fR, but takes a \fBstruct flock64\fR argument rather than a \fBstruct flock\fR argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETLKW\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Set record locking information; wait if blocked. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SETLKW64\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Equivalent to \fBF_SETLKW\fR, but takes a \fBstruct flock64\fR argument rather than a \fBstruct flock\fR argument. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_SHARE\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Set share reservation. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_UNSHARE\fR\fR .ad .RS 15n .rt Remove share reservation. .RE .sp .LP File descriptor flags used for \fBfcntl()\fR: .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBFD_CLOEXEC\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt Close the file descriptor upon execution of an \fBexec\fR function (see \fBexec\fR(2)). .RE .sp .LP Values for \fBl_type\fR used for record locking with \fBfcntl()\fR (the following values are unique): .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_RDLCK\fR\fR .ad .RS 11n .rt Shared or read lock. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_UNLCK\fR\fR .ad .RS 11n .rt Unlock. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_WRLCK\fR\fR .ad .RS 11n .rt Exclusive or write lock. .RE .sp .LP Values for \fBf_access\fR used for share reservations with \fBfcntl()\fR (the following values are unique): .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_RDACC\fR\fR .ad .RS 11n .rt Read-only share reservation. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_WRACC\fR\fR .ad .RS 11n .rt Write-only share reservation. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_RWACC\fR\fR .ad .RS 11n .rt Read and write share reservation. .RE .sp .LP Values for \fBf_deny\fR used for share reservations with \fBfcntl()\fR (the following values are unique): .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_COMPAT\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Compatibility mode share reservation. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_RDDNY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Deny other read access share reservations. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_WRDNY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Deny other write access share reservations. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_RWDNY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Deny other read or write access share reservations. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBF_NODNY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Do not deny other read or write access share reservations. .RE .sp .LP File creation and assignment flags are used in the \fIoflag\fR argument by \fBopen()\fR and \fBopenat()\fR. All of these values are bitwise distinct: .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_CREAT\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Create file if it does not exist. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_EXCL\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Exclusive use flag. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_NOCTTY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Do not assign controlling tty. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_TRUNC\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Truncate flag. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_XATTR\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt When opening a file, this flag affects the way in which relative paths are resolved by \fBopen()\fR and \fBopenat()\fR. With this flag set, the \fIpath\fR argument is resolved as an extended attribute reference on either the current working directory (if open) or of the file referenced by the file descriptor argument of \fBopenat()\fR. .RE .sp .LP File status flags used for \fBfcntl()\fR, \fBopen()\fR, and \fBopen()\fR: .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_APPEND\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt Set append mode. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_NDELAY\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt Non-blocking mode. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_NONBLOCK\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt Non-blocking mode (POSIX; see \fBstandards\fR(5)). .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_DSYNC\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt Write I/O operations on the file descriptor complete as defined by synchronized I/O data integrity completion. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_RSYNC\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt Read I/O operations on the file descriptor complete at the same level of integrity as specified by the \fBO_DSYNC\fR and \fBO_SYNC\fR flags. If both \fBO_DSYNC\fR and \fBO_RSYNC\fR are set in \fIoflag\fR, all I/O operations on the file descriptor complete as defined by synchronized I/O data integrity completion. If both \fBO_SYNC\fR and \fBO_RSYNC\fR are set in \fIoflag\fR, all I/O operations on the file descriptor complete as defined by synchronized I/O file integrity completion. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_SYNC\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n .rt When opening a regular file, this flag affects subsequent writes. If set, each \fBwrite\fR(2) will wait for both the file data and file status to be physically updated. Write I/O operations on the file descriptor complete as defined by synchronized I/O file integrity completion. .RE .sp .LP Mask for use with file access modes: .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_ACCMODE\fR\fR .ad .RS 13n .rt Mask for file access modes. .RE .sp .LP File access modes used for \fBfcntl()\fR, \fBopen()\fR, and \fBopenat()\fR: .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_RDONLY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Open for reading only. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_RDWR\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Open for reading and writing. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBO_WRONLY\fR\fR .ad .RS 12n .rt Open for writing only. .RE .sp .LP The following constants are used by system calls capable of resolving paths relative to a provided open file descriptor: .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBAT_FDCWD\fR\fR .ad .RS 23n .rt Special value to pass in place of a file descriptor to inform the called routine that relative path arguments should be resolved from the current working directory. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBAT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW\fR\fR .ad .RS 23n .rt Flag passed to \fBfstatat\fR(2) and \fBfchownat\fR(2) to change the bahavior of these functions when they are given a file as an argument that is a symbolic link. In this case the functions operate on the symbolic link file rather than the file the link references. .RE .sp .ne 2 .mk .na \fB\fBAT_REMOVEDIR\fR\fR .ad .RS 23n .rt Flag passed to \fBunlinkat\fR(2) to tell it to assume that its path argument refers to a directory and to attempt to remove this directory. .RE .sp .LP The \fBflock\fR structure describes a file lock. It includes the following members: .sp .in +2 .nf short l_type; /* Type of lock */ short l_whence; /* Flag for starting offset */ off_t l_start; /* Relative offset in bytes */ off_t l_len; /* Size; if 0 then until EOF */ long l_sysid; /* Returned with F_GETLK */ pid_t l_pid; /* Returned with F_GETLK */ .fi .in -2 .sp .LP The structure \fBfshare\fR describes a file share reservation. It includes the following members: .sp .in +2 .nf short f_access; /* Type of reservation */ short f_deny; /* Type of reservations to deny */ long f_id; /* Process unique identifier */ .fi .in -2 .SH ATTRIBUTES .sp .LP See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: .sp .sp .TS tab() box; cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) . ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE _ Interface StabilityCommitted _ StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5). .TE .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBcreat\fR(2), \fBexec\fR(2), \fBfcntl\fR(2), \fBopen\fR(2), \fBfdatasync\fR(3C), \fBfsync\fR(3C), \fBfsattr\fR(5), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5) .SH NOTES .sp .LP Data is successfully transferred for a write operation to a regular file when the system ensures that all data written is readable on any subsequent open of the file (even one that follows a system or power failure) in the absence of a failure of the physical storage medium. .sp .LP Data is successfully transferred for a read operation when an image of the data on the physical storage medium is available to the requesting process. .sp .LP Synchronized I/O data integrity completion (see \fBfdatasync\fR(3C)): .RS +4 .TP .ie t \(bu .el o For reads, the operation has been completed or diagnosed if unsuccessful. The read is complete only when an image of the data has been successfully transferred to the requesting process. If there were any pending write requests affecting the data to be read at the time that the synchronized read operation was requested, these write requests will be successfully transferred prior to reading the data. .RE .RS +4 .TP .ie t \(bu .el o For writes, the operation has been completed or diagnosed if unsuccessful. The write is complete only when the data specified in the write request is successfully transferred, and all file system information required to retrieve the data is successfully transferred. .RE .sp .LP File attributes that are not necessary for data retrieval (access time, modification time, status change time) need not be successfully transferred prior to returning to the calling process. .sp .LP Synchronized I/O file integrity completion (see \fBfsync\fR(3C)): .RS +4 .TP .ie t \(bu .el o Identical to a synchronized I/O data integrity completion with the addition that all file attributes relative to the I/O operation (including access time, modification time, status change time) will be successfully transferred prior to returning to the calling process. .RE