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exec.3: Fix description of 'e' variants

PATCH In review Alejandro Colomar 2 participants 2 messages Mar 19, 2021 – Apr 4, 2021 Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 exec.3: Fix description of 'e' variants

From: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>

The envp argument specifies the environment of the new process image, not "the environment of the caller".

Signed-off-by Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
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 man3/exec.3 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
man3/exec.3 +1 -1
index 211e06421..3d936d08d 100644
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The array of pointers
 .I must
 be terminated by a null pointer.
 .SS e - execle(), execvpe()
-The environment of the caller is specified via the argument
+The environment of the new process image is specified via the argument
 .IR envp .
 The
 .I envp
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Hi Alex,

Quoted 4 lines · Alejandro Colomar

From: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>

The envp argument specifies the environment of the new process image, not "the environment of the caller".

Thanks. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

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Signed-off-by Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
---
 man3/exec.3 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
man3/exec.3 +1 -1
index 211e06421..3d936d08d 100644
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The array of pointers
 .I must
 be terminated by a null pointer.
 .SS e - execle(), execvpe()
-The environment of the caller is specified via the argument
+The environment of the new process image is specified via the argument
 .IR envp .
 The
 .I envp
Signature · 3 lines
Michael Kerrisk
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