From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF57C433ED for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2021 19:51:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A22D0610F7 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2021 19:51:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231407AbhDDTv5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Apr 2021 15:51:57 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54336 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230169AbhDDTv4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Apr 2021 15:51:56 -0400 Received: from mail-ej1-x630.google.com (mail-ej1-x630.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::630]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0133DC061756 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2021 12:51:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ej1-x630.google.com with SMTP id e14so14236328ejz.11 for ; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 12:51:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7V0UCtUHMz+AaTJV6LIintpQuuVXXIaUfjVbj86HudQ=; b=raD7ZAn4dt2Gransysf9jxwSNIhPv5LIroyVT+lHSNoQU8RItxmnIDsUDtyjswXcV9 HZtHgEv7BrfTeqEF9nFV8bPQgv7l6KvLSScFQ4jETsT5G0kamRyKrDVzwL6oMqzTMlRx XiosgnFzrnw3jTFdTR98F2QLvSHoZa2UtcO6HLinyAYl6hxaL900u8JLRngY/8t0scf/ 5hHu2qaG7CFmzDihaG7KpgKbRcosXNJYPrACfvLpbfujEw0jS9y5uJOXKuicIDG0X8Z4 hZVadx88PVd4viPmNVPIVBKR70bDFP+bRhLLwhcrGG4AmJ6R+551t8HOhvXaD303cj1v xWTA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7V0UCtUHMz+AaTJV6LIintpQuuVXXIaUfjVbj86HudQ=; b=IaUmCvTugJv4+lI97As1mYRT6FRRi95+qQcFTUCg4eSrlZ3hcgC6kcUX5ph/+mntox /Fh4+YA+Xv/tafyi5C8IQ3qQdsunWMeQu59IC+ckbKj3KUDIP/5pocZ7fz8afW2IfR2x tlgMhhqdVvrUOelbdWiFB3sLsbPx9RL6IJ2teuwvqF+ahhGUX/vpkIT1B0xjqmHVAaIA Bo+e5aa64a7XxRWnhW6mQuuC9O3xEldP+wvZRQzRVX3zYkLxsTbH4/XFa2mQs5UYFroP rsEQfRbwxvEe9fRLHorfU0CDai5alp6nwl8p9XoNxJH8MOYBA+Bdm36YIePqRfGSN7Xj TMDg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532GHB+iJByUF7F9f2AAfEHjdRl4AMzup7wKT478XDlNXyCQPh03 dp2tjxJObJ4Z8tlKRe8LDU/FaBNdOHw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzR1TbJyr4bIdBKkZOBmbXZReQMTdjj6oBr5dsTYg04k7M54IvSgbkpJtS2BfVN/cIJorTibw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:2509:: with SMTP id y9mr12690281ejl.170.1617565909353; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 12:51:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:a61:2553:a401:cfc6:2039:a9ec:21ff? ([2001:a61:2553:a401:cfc6:2039:a9ec:21ff]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id gn19sm7010674ejc.4.2021.04.04.12.51.48 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 04 Apr 2021 12:51:48 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, Josh Triplett , linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] exec.3: Fix description of 'e' variants To: Alejandro Colomar References: <20210319235717.28264-2-alx.manpages@gmail.com> From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: <91a2304c-4eb7-e5e2-7352-97180db99872@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 21:51:46 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210319235717.28264-2-alx.manpages@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi Alex, On 3/20/21 12:57 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > From: Josh Triplett > > The envp argument specifies the environment of the new process image, > not "the environment of the caller". Thanks. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar > --- > 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 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/