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.TH FEXECVE 3 2010-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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fexecve \- execute program specified via file descriptor
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <unistd.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int fexecve(int " fd ", char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp []);
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.fi
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.in
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.sp
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.BR fexecve ():
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.PD 0
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.ad l
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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Since glibc 2.10:
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_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 700 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L
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.TP
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Before glibc 2.10:
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_GNU_SOURCE
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.RE
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.ad
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.PD
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR fexecve ()
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performs the same task as
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.BR execve (2),
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with the difference that the file to be executed
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is specified via a file descriptor,
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.IR fd ,
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rather than via a pathname.
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The file descriptor
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.I fd
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must be opened read-only,
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and the caller must have permission to execute the file that it refers to.
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.\" POSIX.1-2008 specifies the O_EXEC flag for open as an alternative,
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.\" but Linux doesn't support this flag yet.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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A successful call to
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.BR fexecve ()
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never returns.
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On error, the function returns, with a result value of \-1, and
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.I errno
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is set appropriately.
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.SH ERRORS
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Errors are as for
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.BR execve (2),
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with the following additions:
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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.I fd
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is not a valid file descriptor, or
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.I argv
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is NULL, or
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.I envp
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is NULL.
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.TP
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.B ENOSYS
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The
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.I /proc
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file system could not be accessed.
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.SH VERSIONS
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.BR fexecve ()
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is implemented since glibc 2.3.2.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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POSIX.1-2008.
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This function is not specified in POSIX.1-2001,
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and is not widely available on other systems.
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.SH NOTES
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On Linux,
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.BR fexecve ()
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is implemented using the
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.BR proc (5)
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file system, so
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.I /proc
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needs to be mounted and available at the time of the call.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR execve (2)
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