Hello Antoine, On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Antoine Mathys <antoine_mathys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The file and path argument names in the prototypes are in the wrong places. > > current version: > > int execl(const char *path, const char *arg, ...); > int execlp(const char *file, const char *arg, ...); > int execle(const char *path, const char *arg, > ..., char * const envp[]); > int execv(const char *path, char *const argv[]); > int execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]); > int execvpe(const char *file, char *const argv[], > char *const envp[]); > > correct version: > > int execl(const char *file, const char *arg, ...); > int execlp(const char *path, const char *arg, ...); > int execle(const char *file, const char *arg, > ..., char * const envp[]); > int execv(const char *file, char *const argv[]); > int execvp(const char *path, char *const argv[]); > int execvpe(const char *path, char *const argv[], > char *const envp[]); > > It is a minor bug but it is confusing. As far as I can see, the existing page is correct. But perhaps somehow something is not clearly explained. Can you say more about why you think the page is wrong? Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
