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      1 /* Invoke pipe, but avoid some glitches.
      2    Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      3 
      4    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      5    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
      6    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
      7    any later version.
      8 
      9    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     10    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     11    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     12    GNU General Public License for more details.
     13 
     14    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     15    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
     16    Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
     17 
     18 /* Written by Jim Meyering.  */
     19 
     20 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
     21 # include <config.h>
     22 #endif
     23 
     24 #include "unistd-safer.h"
     25 
     26 #include <unistd.h>
     27 
     28 /* Like pipe, but ensure that neither of the file descriptors is
     29    STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, or STDERR_FILENO.  */
     30 
     31 int
     32 pipe_safer (int fd[2])
     33 {
     34   int fail = pipe (fd);
     35   if (fail)
     36     return fail;
     37 
     38   {
     39     int i;
     40     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
     41       {
     42 	int f = fd_safer (fd[i]);
     43 	if (f < 0)
     44 	  return -1;
     45 	fd[i] = f;
     46       }
     47   }
     48 
     49   return 0;
     50 }
     51