Re: Issue in man page execve.2

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Helge,

On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:02:10PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    NULL pointer → NULL

Thanks for the report!  I applied a slightly different fix:
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=1bd990b3bee5fa83824f341a2cdd5a446267b09b>

Cheers,
Alex

> 
> "I<argv> is an array of pointers to strings passed to the new program as its "
> "command-line arguments.  By convention, the first of these strings (i.e., "
> "I<argv[0]>)  should contain the filename associated with the file being "
> "executed.  The I<argv> array must be terminated by a NULL pointer.  (Thus, "
> "in the new program, I<argv[argc]> will be NULL.)"
> 
> "I<envp> is an array of pointers to strings, conventionally of the form "
> "B<key=value>, which are passed as the environment of the new program.  The "
> "I<envp> array must be terminated by a NULL pointer."

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