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                                                                 execv(2)



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        execv                                                 System Call
        Execute a program file.
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        SYNTAX

        None.

        int     execv   (path, argv)
        char  * path;
        char  * argv[];


        PARAMETERS

        path           The pathname of the program file to be executed.


        argv           An array of pointers to the null-terminated byte
                       strings that are to be the arguments passed to the
                       new program.  The last entry in the array must be
                       a null pointer.


        DESCRIPTION

        Execv is the variant of execve in which pointers to the arguments
        for the new program are placed in an array and the array is given
        as an argument. The environment pointer is not given as an
        argument.

        For further details, see execve.


        ACCESS CONTROL

        See execve.


        RETURN VALUE

        See execve.


        EXCEPTIONS

        See execve.





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                                                                 execv(2)



        SEE ALSO

        The related system calls:  execve.



















































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