From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 29 2:51: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 284CF14D69 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 02:50:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.9.2/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA20217; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 05:49:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 05:49:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: Greg Lehey Cc: Amol Mohite , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: environment strings In-Reply-To: <19990629141057.I85121@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 28 June 1999 at 23:32:59 -0400, Amol Mohite wrote: > > What I want to know is the exact position of these variables on the stack. > > As I said, at the top. > > > and if anywhere I can find some data, on the exact compisoition of > > the stcak, then it will be very helpful. > > > > references of books and websites wil be most helpful. > > I think that, for FreeBSD, the source is the only place you'll find > it. There's a brief description in "Porting UNIX Software" > (http://www.ora.com/catalog/port/noframes.html), but that's not > specific to FreeBSD. That's not true, Greg. I'm sure you of all people know that it (the composition of address space) is described in "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System," even if things are slightly different in FreeBSD of today (especially addresses.) > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message