How to close all files between fork and exec?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <yv27l3t483r.fsf at lionsp093.lion-ag.de>,
Harald Kirsch  <kirschh at lionbioscience.com> wrote:
>aahz at panix.com (Aahz Maruch) writes:
>> In article <yv27l3upooj.fsf at lionsp093.lion-ag.de>,
>> Harald Kirsch  <kirschh at lionbioscience.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Python has fork/exec. I want to use it. After fork and before exec I
>>>would like the child process to close all files other than 0, 1 and 2
>>>(i.e. standard input/output/error). 
>> 
>> Why not simply keep track of all open files in a dict or list?
>
>Thereby duplicating the work the operating system does anyway? And how
>would a module for forking special processes keep track of the files
>opened by the main program calling it? Hmm...

from fork import open

As for your first question, you're always responsible of keeping track
of whatever resources you're using; it's just that sometimes, the
language you're using provides conveniences to make that easier.
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