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From: Sebastian Lederer <sleder2s@smail.inf.fh-rhein-sieg.de>
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To: Johan Pettersson <pettersson.johan@spray.se>
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> Hi!
> 
> I have problem with a C-program.
> 
> -----8<------------------------
> char *arglist[] = { "-e pine" };
> .
> .
> execv("/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm", arglist);
> -----8<------------------------
> 
> The function replaces the process image
> with xterm. But how do I pass arguments
> to xterm. (above doesn't work =(

It doesn't quite work that way. Try the following:

	char *arglist[] = { "xterm","-e","pine",NULL };
	.
	.
	execv("/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm",arglist);

You might want to take a closer look at the execv manual page.
Are you sure you don't want to use system() ?

- Sebastian Lederer


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