Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:44:48 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> To: Rajappa Iyer <rsi@panix.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: execvP Message-ID: <3EF782E0.2050803@acm.org> References: <3EF77E52.6070007@acm.org> <200306232240.h5NMewU27649@panix1.panix.com>
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Rajappa Iyer wrote:
> Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> writes:
>>In essence, execvP() is merely publishing an already-existing capability
>>within the library by breaking execvp() into two very natural pieces.
>>Without this, I basically will have to copy a slightly modified version
>>of execvp() into several utilities, which seems a rather pointless
>>exercise.
>
>
> What's wrong with
>
> putenv("PATH=newpath");
> execvp(...);
>
> What am I missing?
>
> rsi
Your suggested code changes the PATH that
is used by child processes.
Tim
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