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Michael Kerrisk 2008-07-09 09:51:47 +00:00
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.\" Modified, 24 Jun 2004, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Added note on casting NULL
.\"
.TH EXEC 3 1993-11-29 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH EXEC 3 2008-07-10 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
execl, execlp, execle, execv, execvp \- execute a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -60,12 +60,11 @@ The
.BR exec ()
family of functions replaces the current process image with a new process
image.
The functions described in this manual page are front-ends for the
function
The functions described in this manual page are front-ends for
.BR execve (2).
(See the manual page for
.BR execve (2)
for detailed information about the replacement of the current process.)
for further details about the replacement of the current process image.)
.PP
The initial argument for these functions is the pathname of a file which is
to be executed.
@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ The list of arguments
.I must
be terminated by a NULL
pointer, and, since these are variadic functions, this pointer must be cast
.BR "(char *) NULL" .
.IR "(char *) NULL" .
.PP
The
.BR execv ()