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diff --git a/docs/src/process.rst b/docs/src/process.rst index ea6c4b9a..8acf7db3 100644 --- a/docs/src/process.rst +++ b/docs/src/process.rst @@ -109,10 +109,39 @@ Data types :: typedef enum { + /* + * The following four options are mutually-exclusive, and define + * the operation to perform for the corresponding file descriptor + * in the child process: + */ + + /* + * No file descriptor will be provided (or redirected to + * `/dev/null` if it is fd 0, 1 or 2). + */ UV_IGNORE = 0x00, + + /* + * Open a new pipe into `data.stream`, per the flags below. The + * `data.stream` field must point to a uv_pipe_t object that has + * been initialized with `uv_pipe_init(loop, data.stream, ipc);`, + * but not yet opened or connected. + /* UV_CREATE_PIPE = 0x01, + + /* + * The child process will be given a duplicate of the parent's + * file descriptor given by `data.fd`. + */ UV_INHERIT_FD = 0x02, + + /* + * The child process will be given a duplicate of the parent's + * file descriptor being used by the stream handle given by + * `data.stream`. + */ UV_INHERIT_STREAM = 0x04, + /* * When UV_CREATE_PIPE is specified, UV_READABLE_PIPE and UV_WRITABLE_PIPE * determine the direction of flow, from the child process' perspective. Both @@ -120,6 +149,7 @@ Data types */ UV_READABLE_PIPE = 0x10, UV_WRITABLE_PIPE = 0x20, + /* * When UV_CREATE_PIPE is specified, specifying UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE opens the * handle in non-blocking mode in the child. This may cause loss of data, |