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doc: Update platform list for posix_spawnp. * doc/posix-functions/posix_spawnp.texi: Update platform list.
@node posix_spawnp
@section @code{posix_spawnp}
@findex posix_spawnp
POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_spawnp.html}
Gnulib module: posix_spawnp
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.3, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.7.x, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 8.1.
@item
When this function fails, it causes the stdio buffer contents to be output
twice on some platforms:
AIX 6.1.
@item
When the program to be invoked is an executable script without a @samp{#!}
marker in the first line, this function executes the script as if it were
a shell script, on some platforms:
glibc 2.14/Linux, glibc 2.32/Hurd, macOS 12.5, FreeBSD 13.2, OpenBSD 7.2, AIX 7.2, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 3.4.x.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function does not work on some platforms:
AIX 6.1 (under particular circumstances).
@end itemize
The Gnulib modules @code{posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir} and
@code{posix_spawn_file_actions_addfchdir} provide additional actions,
that consist in changing the current directory of the child process
before starting the specified program.