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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-03-08 17:50:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-03-08 17:50:06 +0100 |
| commit | c49cdd1ce0c27e58a44937639015406736968bff (patch) | |
| tree | c8fa25dd164c0932c3ac4dde5b5349b74000a90a | |
| parent | 35fff7d5278cb1080fb0e8ee1d78fdd80c2522dc (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-c49cdd1ce0c27e58a44937639015406736968bff.tar.gz | |
execve.2: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/execve.2 | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2 index a052f34b07..214ea2426f 100644 --- a/man2/execve.2 +++ b/man2/execve.2 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ execve \- execute program .BI " char *const " envp []); .SH DESCRIPTION .BR execve () -executes the program pointed to by \fIfilename\fP. +executes the program referred to by \fIfilename\fP. This causes the program that is currently being run by the calling process to be replaced with a new program, with newly initialized stack, heap, and (initialized and uninitialized) data segments. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ If the current program is being ptraced, a \fBSIGTRAP\fP signal is sent to it after a successful .BR execve (). .PP -If the set-user-ID bit is set on the program file pointed to by +If the set-user-ID bit is set on the program file referred to by \fIfilename\fP, then the effective user ID of the calling process is changed to that of the owner of the program file. |