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| -rw-r--r-- | man2/execve.2 | 6 |
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diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2 index 59af1cc473..c6c341e30f 100644 --- a/man2/execve.2 +++ b/man2/execve.2 @@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) .fi .in +Note, however, that the use of a third argument to the main function +is not specified in POSIX.1; +according to POSIX.1, +the environment should be accessed via the external variable +.BR environ (7). + .BR execve () does not return on success, and the text, inititialized data, uninitialized data (bss), and stack of the calling process are overwritten |