def _set_cloexec(fd):
try:
flags = _fcntl.fcntl(fd, _fcntl.F_GETFD, 0)
except IOError:
pass
else:
# flags read successfully, modify
flags |= _fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
_fcntl.fcntl(fd, _fcntl.F_SETFD, flags)