[PATCH 04/16] execve.2: add a note about execv()

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This is a SPARC-specific syscall.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/execve.2 | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 3103c0e..d2bb861 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -620,6 +620,17 @@ It makes little sense for the program itself to check it, but tracers
 may show it; that said, some architectures (such as s390/s390x) do not bother
 setting proper return value during exec, and that's can be exposed,
 if not handled by the tracer specifically.
+.PP
+On sparc/sparc64, there's also
+.BR execv ()
+system call available (for compatibility with SunOS), it has the following
+prototype:
+.PP
+.in +4
+.EX
+.BI "int execv(char *" filename ", char *const " argv "[]);
+.EE
+.in
 .\"
 .SS Interpreter scripts
 A maximum line length of 127 characters is allowed for the first line in
-- 
2.1.4




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