Re: [PATCH 1/2] exec.3: Fix description of 'e' variants

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Hello Josh,

On 3/8/21 12:00 AM, Josh Triplett wrote:
The envp argument specifies the environment of the new process image,
not "the environment of the caller".

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I applied both patches.

Thanks,

Alex

---
  man3/exec.3 | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man3/exec.3 b/man3/exec.3
index 211e06421..3d936d08d 100644
--- a/man3/exec.3
+++ b/man3/exec.3
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The array of pointers
  .I must
  be terminated by a null pointer.
  .SS e - execle(), execvpe()
-The environment of the caller is specified via the argument
+The environment of the new process image is specified via the argument
  .IR envp .
  The
  .I envp


--
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/



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