source: python/trunk/Python/dup2.c@ 20

/*
 * Public domain dup2() lookalike
 * by Curtis Jackson @ AT&T Technologies, Burlington, NC
 * electronic address:  burl!rcj
 *
 * dup2 performs the following functions:
 *
 * Check to make sure that fd1 is a valid open file descriptor.
 * Check to see if fd2 is already open; if so, close it.
 * Duplicate fd1 onto fd2; checking to make sure fd2 is a valid fd.
 * Return fd2 if all went well; return BADEXIT otherwise.
 */

#include <fcntl.h>

#define BADEXIT -1

int
dup2(int fd1, int fd2)
{
        if (fd1 != fd2) {
                if (fcntl(fd1, F_GETFL) < 0)
                        return BADEXIT;
                if (fcntl(fd2, F_GETFL) >= 0)
                        close(fd2);
                if (fcntl(fd1, F_DUPFD, fd2) < 0)
                        return BADEXIT;
        }
        return fd2;
}