extendedFILE(5) Standards, Environments, and Macros extendedFILE(5)NAMEextendedFILE - enable extended FILE facility usage
SYNOPSIS
$ ulimit -n N_file_descriptors
$ LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 application [arg...]
DESCRIPTION
The extendedFILE.so.1 is not a library but an enabler of the extended
FILE facility.
The extended FILE facility allows 32-bit processes to use any valid
file descriptor with the standard I/O (see stdio(3C)) C library func‐
tions. Historically, 32-bit applications have been limited to using the
first 256 numerical file descriptors for use with standard I/O streams.
By using the extended FILE facility this limitation is lifted. Any
valid file descriptor can be used with standard I/O. See the NOTES sec‐
tion of enable_extended_FILE_stdio(3C).
The extended FILE facility is enabled from the shell level before an
application is launched. The file descriptor limit must also be raised.
The syntax for raising the file descriptor limit is
$ ulimit -n max_file_descriptors
$ LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 application [arg...]
where max_file_descriptors is the maximum number of file descriptors
desired. See limit(1). The maximum value is the same as the maximum
value for open(2).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables control the behavior of the
extended FILE facility.
_STDIO_BADFD This variable takes an integer representing the
lowest file descriptor, which will be made unal‐
locatable. This action provides a protection
mechanism so that applications that abuse inter‐
faces do not experience silent data corruption.
The value must be between 3 and 255 inclusive.
_STDIO_BADFD_SIGNAL This variable takes an integer or string repre‐
senting any valid signal. See signal.h(3HEAD)
for valid values or strings. This environment
variable causes the specified signal to be sent
to the application if certain exceptional cases
are detected during the use of this facility.
The default signal is SIGABRT.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Limit the number of file descriptors and FILE standard I/O
structures.
The following example limits the number of file descriptors and FILE
standard I/O structures to 1000.
$ ulimit -n 1000
$ LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 application [arg...]
Example 2 Enable the extended FILE facility.
The following example enables the extended FILE facility. See
enable_extended_FILE_stdio(3C) for more examples.
$ ulimit -n 1000
$ _STDIO_BADFD=100 _STDIO_BADFD_SIGNAL=SIGABRT \
LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 \
application [arg ...]
Example 3 Set up the extended FILE environment and start the applica‐
tion.
The following shell script first sets up the proper extended FILE envi‐
ronment and then starts the application:
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# = 0 ]; then
echo "usage: $0 application [arguments...]"
exit 1
fi
ulimit -n 1000
# _STDIO_BADFD=196; export _STDIO_BADFD
# _STDIO_BADFD_SIGNAL=SIGABRT; export _STDIO_BADFD_SIGNAL
LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1; export LD_PRELOAD_32
"$@"
FILES
/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 enabling library
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/library (32-bit) │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOlimit(1), open(2), enable_extended_FILE_stdio(3C), fdopen(3C),
fopen(3C), popen(3C), signal.h(3HEAD), stdio(3C), attributes(5)WARNINGS
The following displayed message
Application violated extended FILE safety mechanism.
Please read the man page for extendedFILE.
Aborting
is an indication that your application is modifying the internal file
descriptor field of the FILE structure from standard I/O. Continued use
of this extended FILE facility could harm your data. Do not use the
extended FILE facility with your application.
SunOS 5.11 18 Apr 2006 extendedFILE(5)
