Method Stdio.Fd()->dup2()
- Method dup2
int dup2(Stdio.File to)
- Description
Duplicate a file over another.
This function works similarly to assign(), but instead of making the argument a reference to the same file, it creates a new file with the same properties and places it in the argument.
- Returns
Returns
1
on success and0
(zero) on failure.- Note
In Pike 7.7 and later to need not be open, in which case a new fd is allocated.
- Note
Note also that to is also assigned to the same backend (if any) as this object.
- See also
assign(), dup()