Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:28:38 -0400 From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: execve exect Message-ID: <CAFbbPuj8b3cJq7r11fFmzb8ZYLz1i0uPXys-vZHt0xHGfkucpg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <38739E09-6C77-4492-86E7-5F340E3A7DC3@sermon-archive.info> References: <38739E09-6C77-4492-86E7-5F340E3A7DC3@sermon-archive.info>
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:07=E2=80=AFPM Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote=
:
> What is the difference between execve and exect other than exect passes
> along the trace flag? I presume there must be a difference since execve
> has its own man page and is not included with all the other exec varients=
.
>
> -- Doug
>
>
execve is an/the actual syscall.
exect (and friends) are just different ways of presenting the environment
to the underlying syscall which is execve.
~Paul
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:=
07=E2=80=AFPM Doug Hardie <<a href=3D"mailto:bc979@lafn.org">bc979@lafn.=
org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1e=
x"><div>What is the difference between execve and exect other than exect pa=
sses along the trace flag?=C2=A0 I presume there must be a difference since=
execve has its own man page and is not included with all the other exec va=
rients.<div><br><div>
<div>-- Doug</div>
</div>
<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"></div>execve is an/the=
actual syscall.<br>
exect (and friends) are just different ways of presenting the environment =
to the underlying syscall which is execve.<br><br></div><div>~Paul</div><di=
v><br></div><div><div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br>=
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