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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
	Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] exec.3: Fix description of 'e' variants
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:57:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210319235717.28264-2-alx.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)

From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

The envp argument specifies the environment of the new process image,
not "the environment of the caller".

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 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
-- 
2.30.1


             reply	other threads:[~2021-03-19 23:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-19 23:57 Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2021-04-04 19:51 ` [PATCH] exec.3: Fix description of 'e' variants Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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