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+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package os
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// supportsCloseOnExec reports whether the platform supports the
+// O_CLOEXEC flag.
+var supportsCloseOnExec bool
+
+func init() {
+	// Seems like kern.osreldate is veiled on latest OS X. We use
+	// kern.osrelease instead.
+	osver, err := syscall.Sysctl("kern.osrelease")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	var i int
+	for i = range osver {
+		if osver[i] != '.' {
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+	// The O_CLOEXEC flag was introduced in OS X 10.7 (Darwin
+	// 11.0.0). See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1633.
+	if i > 2 || i == 2 && osver[0] >= '1' && osver[1] >= '1' {
+		supportsCloseOnExec = true
+	}
+}