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setposix(3P} setposix(3P}
NAME
setposix - set POSIX compatibility flags
SYNOPSIS
int setposix ()
DESCRIPflON
setposix is equivalent to the following code fragment:
finclude
setcompat(COMPAT_POSIX)i
COMPAT_POSIX is equivalent to all of the following:
COMPAT BSDGROUPS
COMPAT BSDCHOWN
COMPAT BSDSIGNALS
COMPAT BSDTTY
COMPAT SYSCALLS
COMPAT POSIXPATHTRUNC
COMPAT EXEC
Any non-POSIX compatibility flags that were set prior to the call
to setposix are reset
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, setposix returns the previous
compatibility mask. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
setposix will return the following error code:
[EINVAL] setposix results in a change in the state of
the COMPAT BSDSIGNALS bit and a signal is
currently pending, caught, or held.
SEE ALSO
setcompat(2}.
February, 1990
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