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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/exec.3')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 index 3438bec..367d71a 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ new process image. The functions described in this manual page are front-ends for the function .Xr execve 2 . (See the manual page for -.Xr execve +.Xr execve 2 for detailed information about the replacement of the current process.) .Pp The initial argument for these functions is the pathname of a file which @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ used. In addition, certain errors are treated specially. .Pp If permission is denied for a file (the attempted -.Xr execve +.Fn execve returned .Er EACCES ) , these functions will continue searching the rest of @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ set to .Er EACCES . .Pp If the header of a file isn't recognized (the attempted -.Xr execve +.Fn execve returned .Er ENOEXEC ) , these functions will execute the shell with the path of @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ the file as its first argument. (If this attempt fails, no further searching is done.) .Pp If the file is currently busy (the attempted -.Xr execve +.Fn execve returned .Er ETXTBUSY ) , these functions will sleep for several seconds, @@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ executes a file with the program tracing facilities enabled (see .Xr ptrace 2 ) . .Sh RETURN VALUES If any of the -.Xr exec +.Fn exec functions returns, an error will have occurred. The return value is \-1, and the global variable .Va errno will be set to indicate the error. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /bin/sh - compact +.Bl -tag -width /bin/sh -compact .It Pa /bin/sh The shell. .El @@ -213,10 +213,9 @@ for any of the errors specified for the library function .Xr sh 1 , .Xr execve 2 , .Xr fork 2 , -.Xr trace 2 , -.Xr environ 7 , +.Xr ktrace 2 , .Xr ptrace 2 , -.Xr environ 7 , +.Xr environ 7 . .Sh COMPATIBILITY Historically, the default path for the .Fn execlp |
