9.639 posix_spawn

POSIX specification:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_spawn.html

Gnulib module: posix_spawn

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

• This function is missing on some platforms: Mac OS X 10.4, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
• When this function fails, it causes the stdio buffer contents to be output twice on some platforms: AIX 6.1.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

• This function does not work on some platforms: AIX 6.1 (under particular circumstances), mingw.