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From: jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: exec() with executable shell scripts
Summary: Use the -c form of sh(1)
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Date: 22 Apr 89 22:21:50 GMT
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Reply-To: jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III)
Organization: VI Software Development, Boise, Idaho
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To top off this discussion, please note that an explanation of the
special characteristics of execlp and execvp in duplicating the actions
of the shell are to be found somewhat obscurely in the exec(2) manual
entry.

If you do not want to use either of those variants, you have to do the
following, (I have used execl for clarity):

	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", "/bin/true", 0);

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John E Van Deusen III, PO Box 9283, Boise, ID  83707, (208) 343-1865

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