dup

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Function

dup invokes the fcntl callable service to duplicate an open file descriptor. The file descriptor is returned in RETVAL.

Parameters

fd: An opened file descriptor (a number) to be duplicated.

Usage notes

dup fd is equivalent to F_DUPFD fd 0.

Example

In the following example, assume that fd was assigned a value earlier in the exec:

"dup (fd)"