execv

Passes the name of an image to be activated in a child process. This function is nonreentrant.

Format

#include  <unistd.h>

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

Arguments

file_spec
The full file specification of a new image to be activated in the child process.
argv
An array of pointers to null-terminated character strings. These strings constitute the argument list available to the new process. By convention, argv[0] must point to a string that is the same as the new process file name (or its last component). argv is terminated by a NULL pointer.

Description

See execl in this section for a description of how the exec functions operate.

Return Value
-1  Indicates failure. 


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