From: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Checked via the latest glibc source. execvpe calls getenv("PATH") and
searches that; the PATH in envp does not affect the search.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
---
man3/exec.3 | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man3/exec.3 b/man3/exec.3
index 3d936d08d..9c5b02b5c 100644
--- a/man3/exec.3
+++ b/man3/exec.3
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ a list that includes the directories returned by
and possibly also the current working directory;
see NOTES for further details.
.PP
+.BR execvpe ()
+searches for the program using the value of
+.B PATH
+from the caller's environment, not from the
+.I envp
+argument.
+.PP
If the specified filename includes a slash character, then
.B PATH
is ignored, and the file at the specified pathname is executed.
--
2.30.1
