+
+/* Set the 'FD_CLOEXEC' flag of DESC if VALUE is true,
+ or clear the flag if VALUE is false.
+ Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with 'errno' set.
+
+ Note that on MingW, this function does NOT protect DESC from being
+ inherited into spawned children. Instead, either use dup_cloexec
+ followed by closing the original DESC, or use interfaces such as
+ open or pipe2 that accept flags like O_CLOEXEC to create DESC
+ non-inheritable in the first place. */
+
+int set_cloexec_flag (int desc, bool value);
+
+/* Duplicates a file handle FD, while marking the copy to be closed
+ prior to exec or spawn. Returns -1 and sets errno if FD could not
+ be duplicated. */
+
+int dup_cloexec (int fd);