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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re:  Adding to Environment Pointers
Message-ID: <6008@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 16:20:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6008
Posted: Mon Jun 22 16:20:33 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 07:29:07 EDT
References: <7950@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <7950@brl-adm.ARPA> drears@ARDEC.arpa (FSAC) writes:
>... when I run the compiled program I get the error message: "Trace/BPT trap".
>	system("/bin/sh");
No need for this.
>	exect("bin/sh",newarg,newenvp);
Of course you get a trap, that's what exect() is all about.
Use execve() instead.