posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np(3)

posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np3

Set special ports on a posix_spawnattr_t

Usage

#include <spawn.h>

int

posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np(posix_spawnattr_t *attr, mach_port_t new_port, int which);

int

posix_spawnattr_setexceptionports_np(posix_spawnattr_t *attr, exception_mask_t mask, mach_port_t new_port, exception_behavior_t behavior, thread_state_flavor_t flavor);

Important

These functions represent an Apple extension to posix_spawn(2) and posix_spawnp(2), and as such should not be used by programs intending their code to be portable to other platforms.

Overview

The posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np() function sets a new value for a Mach special port into the value referenced by attr to the port referenced by new_port for a port value of which, as if the new process had called task_set_special_port().

The posix_spawnattr_setexceptionports_np() function sets the Mach port to new_port for a number of exception ports represented by the bitfield mask, and sets the new default behavior and default flavor, as if the new process had called task_set_exception_ports().

Return values

On success, these functions return 0; on failure they return an error number from ⟨errno.h⟩.

Errors

These functions may fail if:

[EINVAL]

The value specified by attr is invalid.

[EINVAL]

The value of attr is invalid.

[ENOMEM]

Insufficient resources exist to set the ports.

Releases

112 releases since Mac OS X 10.5; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10.5–10.7.5
  2. 10.8–26.5

Standards

Nonstandard

History

The posix_spawnattr_setspecialport_np() and posix_spawnattr_setexceptionports_np() function calls appeared in Mac OS X.

From xnu 12377.121.6 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.