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| author |   aaron <aaron@openbsd.org> | 2001-03-14 04:01:59 +0000 |
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| committer | aaron <aaron@openbsd.org> | 2001-03-14 04:01:59 +0000 |
| commit | 11576a99e68613cc3da064c38330ff32f16e4238 (patch) | |
| tree | cd65d68fb000c07cf5894dce5723a491e722b9d1 /lib/libc/sys/execve.2 | |
| parent | KNF (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-11576a99e68613cc3da064c38330ff32f16e4238.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-11576a99e68613cc3da064c38330ff32f16e4238.zip | |
Move description of exect() to execve(2) man page. Add a note about exect() not
being portable.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/execve.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/execve.2 | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 index 8a82b979af6..68522a983af 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: execve.2,v 1.16 2000/10/18 05:12:09 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: execve.2,v 1.17 2001/03/14 04:01:59 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: execve.2,v 1.9 1995/02/27 12:32:25 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ .Dt EXECVE 2 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm execve +.Nm execve , +.Nm exect .Nd execute a file .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <unistd.h> .Ft int .Fn execve "const char *path" "const char *argv[]" "const char *envp[]" +.Ft int +.Fn exect "const char *path" "char *const argv[]" "char *const envp[]" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn execve transforms the calling process into a new process. @@ -195,6 +198,14 @@ and .Fa argv points to the array of character pointers to the arguments themselves. +.Pp +The +.Fn exect +function is equivalent to +.Fn execve +with the additional property that is executes the file with the program +tracing facilities enabled (see +.Xr ptrace 2 ) . .Sh RETURN VALUES As the .Fn execve @@ -275,6 +286,10 @@ the system file table was found to be full. .Xr execl 3 , .Xr exit 3 , .Xr environ 7 +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +The +.Fn exect +function should not be used in portable applications. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn execve |