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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/dup.28
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 b/lib/libc/sys/dup.2
index c87b386..f6f6f46 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/dup.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/dup.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)dup.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd August 14, 2011
.Dt DUP 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ and
is a valid descriptor, then
.Fn dup2
is successful, and does nothing.
+.Pp
+The related
+.Xr cap_new 2
+system call allows file descriptors to be duplicated with restrictions on
+their use.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The value -1 is returned if an error occurs in either call.
The external variable
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ Too many descriptors are active.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr accept 2 ,
+.Xr cap_new 2 ,
.Xr close 2 ,
.Xr fcntl 2 ,
.Xr getdtablesize 2 ,
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