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Subject: Re: add closefrom() call
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 08:27:49PM -0400, Ighighi Ighighi wrote:
> The closefrom() call, available in Solaris, is present in NetBSD since
> version 3.0.
> It is implemented with the F_CLOSEM fcntl() available since version 2.0.

You could also add a system call like it was done in DragonFly. That
might be even simpler to implement.

Joerg