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Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors

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Date Tue, 2 Jun 2015 08:58:54 -0500
Subject Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors
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Reviving (and concluding) a thread I started a couple weeks ago, I asked:

> The basic fork/exec dance is not a problem, but how do I discover
> all the open file descriptors in the new child process to make sure
> they get closed? Do I simply start at fd 3 and call os.close() on
> everything up to some largish fd number?

I wanted this again today (for different reasons than before).
Googling for "python close all file descriptors" returned the os
module docs as the first hit, and lo and behold, what do I see
documented? os.closerange (new in 2.6):

    os.closerange(fd_low, fd_high)
    Close all file descriptors from fd_low (inclusive) to fd_high
    (exclusive), ignoring errors.

Guido's time machine strikes again...

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Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 08:58 -0500
  Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-02 18:28 +0300
    Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 10:42 -0500
      Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-02 19:24 +0300
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2015-06-02 16:37 +0000
    Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors MrJean1 <MrJean1@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 13:43 -0700
  Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-02 17:59 +0200
    Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-02 23:05 +0300
      Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-02 23:06 +0200
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 01:24 +0300
          Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-03 09:21 +0200
            Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 10:41 +0300
              Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-03 09:38 +0000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-03 22:07 +1000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-03 12:18 +0000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 15:27 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-03 13:05 +0000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 17:49 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 15:25 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 08:54 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 16:08 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 09:21 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-03 23:32 +1000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 16:33 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 17:43 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 16:08 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-04 00:09 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 16:07 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 07:54 +1000
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-03 09:54 +1000
          Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-03 09:11 +0200
            Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 08:21 -0400
              Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-03 15:16 +0200
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 20:21 -0500

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