fexecve(3)

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NAME

6       fexecve - execute program specified via file descriptor
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SYNOPSIS

9       #define _GNU_SOURCE
10       #include <unistd.h>
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12       int fexecve(int fd, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
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DESCRIPTION

15       fexecve() performs the same task as execve(2), with the difference that
16       the file to be executed is specified via a file descriptor, fd,  rather
17       than  via a pathname.  The file descriptor fd must be opened read-only,
18       and the caller must have permission to execute the file that it  refers
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RETURN VALUE

22       A  successful  call to fexecve() never returns.  On error, the function
23       returns, with a result value of -1, and errno is set appropriately.
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ERRORS

26       Errors are as for execve(2), with the following additions:
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28       EINVAL fd is not a valid file descriptor, or argv is NULL, or  envp  is
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31       ENOSYS The /proc file system could not be accessed.
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VERSIONS

34       fexecve() is implemented since glibc 2.3.2.
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CONFORMING TO

37       POSIX.1-2008.   This  function is not specified in POSIX.1-2001, and is
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NOTES

41       On Linux, fexecve() is implemented using the proc(5)  file  system,  so
42       /proc needs to be mounted and available at the time of the call.
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COLOPHON

48       This  page  is  part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
49       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
50       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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