Name
fexecve — execute program specified via file descriptor
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int
fexecve( |
int fd, |
| char *const argv[], | |
char *const envp[]); |
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DESCRIPTION
fexecve() performs the same
task as execve(2), with the
difference that the file to be executed is specified via a
file descriptor, fd,
rather than via a pathname. The file descriptor fd must be opened read-only,
and the caller must have permission to execute the file that
it refers to.
RETURN VALUE
A successful call to fexecve() never returns. On error, the
function returns, with a result value of −1, and
errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
Errors are as for execve(2), with the following additions:
- EINVAL
-
fdis not a valid file descriptor, orargvis NULL, orenvpis NULL. - ENOSYS
-
The
/procfilesystem could not be accessed.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2008. This function is not specified in POSIX.1-2001, and is not widely available on other systems.
NOTES
On Linux, fexecve() is
implemented using the proc(5) filesystem, so
/proc needs to be mounted and
available at the time of the call.
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.54 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man−pages/.
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