kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi

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• doc/posix-functions/execvp.texi

• @node execvp
  @section @code{execvp}
  @findex execvp
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/execvp.html}
  
  Gnulib module: execvp
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not pass
  command-line arguments correctly if they contain space, tab, backslash,
  or double-quote characters.
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function spawns an asynchronous
  child process and then exits the current process immediately.  As a
  consequence, the parent of the current process 1. may incorrectly proceed
  as if its child had exited, and 2. will never see the child's exit status.
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the return type of this function is
  @code{intptr_t}, not @code{int}.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  On some platforms, a script without executable permission is still run:
  Cygwin 1.5.x.
  @end itemize
  

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