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instance method

IO#close_on_exec?

ios.close_on_exec? → true or false

Returns true if ios will be closed on exec.

Example
f = open("/dev/null")
f.close_on_exec?                 #=> false
f.close_on_exec = true
f.close_on_exec?                 #=> true
f.close_on_exec = false
f.close_on_exec?                 #=> false
See also #close_on_exec= #close_read #closed? #close_write also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1