Hi Alex,
On 3/20/21 12:57 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 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.
Thanks. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> 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.
>
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Michael Kerrisk
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