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authorpeter <peter@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-11 11:35:56 +0000
committerpeter <peter@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-11 11:35:56 +0000
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Merge from Lite2 onto mainline -
- add undelete() and undelete.2 (requires libc minor bump some time) - man page updates
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/execve.2')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
index b9fb131..06d01d8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)execve.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/24/94
+.\" @(#)execve.2 8.5 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\"
-.Dd January 24, 1994
+.Dd June 1, 1994
.Dt EXECVE 2
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ An interpreter file begins with a line of the form:
.Ed
.Pp
When an interpreter file is
-.Fn execve Ap d ,
+.\" was .Fn execve Ap d ,
+\fBexecve\fP'd,
the system
-.Fn execve Ap s
+.\" was .Fn execve Ap s
+\fBexecve\fP's
runs the specified
.Em interpreter .
If the optional
@@ -76,13 +78,16 @@ If the optional
is specified, it becomes the first argument to the
.Em interpreter ,
and the name of the originally
-.Fn execve Ap d
+.\" was .Fn execve Ap d
+\fBexecve\fP'd
file becomes the second argument;
otherwise, the name of the originally
-.Fn execve Ap d
+.\" was .Fn execve Ap d
+\fBexecve\fP'd
file becomes the first argument. The original arguments are shifted over to
become the subsequent arguments. The zeroth argument, normally the name of the
-.Fn execve Ap d
+.\" was .Fn execve Ap d
+\fBexecve\fP'd
file, is left unchanged.
.Pp
The argument
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ the effective user ID is recorded as the saved set-user-ID,
and the effective group ID is recorded as the saved set-group-ID.
These values may be used in changing the effective IDs later (see
.Xr setuid 2 ) .
+.ne 1i
.Pp
The new process also inherits the following attributes from
the calling process:
@@ -232,6 +238,7 @@ permission, but has an invalid magic number in its header.
.It Bq Er ETXTBSY
The new process file is a pure procedure (shared text)
file that is currently open for writing or reading by some process.
+.ne 1i
.It Bq Er ENOMEM
The new process requires more virtual memory than
is allowed by the imposed maximum
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