History log of /src/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
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Revision tags: perseant-exfatfs-base-20250801 netbsd-11-base
# 1.48 17-Jul-2025 kre

Man pages for O_CLOFORK implementation

These are Ricardo Branco's man page updates for affected functions
using O_CLOFORK (and associated variants) for NetBSD (with
a few minor changes and additions by me).


Revision tags: perseant-exfatfs-base-20240630 perseant-exfatfs-base
# 1.47 28-Apr-2024 uwe

branches: 1.47.2;
execve(2): brush up markup


# 1.46 28-Apr-2024 rillig

execve.2: fix typo in markup


Revision tags: netbsd-10-1-RELEASE netbsd-10-0-RELEASE netbsd-10-0-RC6 netbsd-10-0-RC5 netbsd-10-0-RC4 netbsd-10-0-RC3 netbsd-10-0-RC2 netbsd-10-0-RC1 netbsd-10-base cjep_sun2x-base1 cjep_sun2x-base cjep_staticlib_x-base1 cjep_staticlib_x-base phil-wifi-20200421 phil-wifi-20200411 is-mlppp-base phil-wifi-20200406 phil-wifi-20191119
# 1.45 18-Sep-2019 wiz

Sort errors; remove two more duplicates.


# 1.44 16-Sep-2019 christos

merge the two E2BIG entries (wiz)


# 1.43 16-Sep-2019 wiz

Add missing word, add comma in enumeration.


# 1.42 15-Sep-2019 christos

documentation for fexecve(2)


Revision tags: netbsd-8-3-RELEASE netbsd-9-4-RELEASE netbsd-9-3-RELEASE netbsd-9-2-RELEASE netbsd-9-1-RELEASE netbsd-8-2-RELEASE netbsd-9-0-RELEASE netbsd-9-0-RC2 netbsd-9-0-RC1 netbsd-9-base phil-wifi-20190609 netbsd-8-1-RELEASE netbsd-8-1-RC1 pgoyette-compat-merge-20190127 pgoyette-compat-20190127 pgoyette-compat-20190118 pgoyette-compat-1226 pgoyette-compat-1126 pgoyette-compat-1020 pgoyette-compat-0930 pgoyette-compat-0906 pgoyette-compat-0728 netbsd-8-0-RELEASE phil-wifi-base pgoyette-compat-0625 netbsd-8-0-RC2 pgoyette-compat-0521 pgoyette-compat-0502 pgoyette-compat-0422 netbsd-8-0-RC1 pgoyette-compat-0415 pgoyette-compat-0407 pgoyette-compat-0330 pgoyette-compat-0322 pgoyette-compat-0315 pgoyette-compat-base matt-nb8-mediatek-base perseant-stdc-iso10646-base netbsd-8-base prg-localcount2-base3
# 1.41 14-May-2017 wiz

branches: 1.41.10;
file system police.


Revision tags: netbsd-7-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-1-RELEASE prg-localcount2-base2 prg-localcount2-base1 prg-localcount2-base pgoyette-localcount-20170426 bouyer-socketcan-base1 pgoyette-localcount-20170320 netbsd-7-1-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-RC2 netbsd-7-nhusb-base-20170116 bouyer-socketcan-base pgoyette-localcount-20170107 netbsd-7-1-RC1 pgoyette-localcount-20161104 netbsd-7-0-2-RELEASE localcount-20160914 netbsd-7-nhusb-base pgoyette-localcount-20160806 pgoyette-localcount-20160726 pgoyette-localcount-base netbsd-7-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-7-0-RELEASE netbsd-7-0-RC3 netbsd-7-0-RC2 netbsd-7-0-RC1 netbsd-6-0-6-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-5-RELEASE netbsd-7-base yamt-pagecache-base9 yamt-pagecache-tag8 netbsd-6-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-5-RELEASE tls-earlyentropy-base riastradh-xf86-video-intel-2-7-1-pre-2-21-15 riastradh-drm2-base3 netbsd-6-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-1-RELEASE riastradh-drm2-base2 riastradh-drm2-base1 riastradh-drm2-base netbsd-6-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RC4 netbsd-6-1-RC3 agc-symver-base netbsd-6-1-RC2 netbsd-6-1-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base8 netbsd-6-0-1-RELEASE yamt-pagecache-base7 matt-nb6-plus-nbase yamt-pagecache-base6 netbsd-6-0-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-RC2 tls-maxphys-base matt-nb6-plus-base netbsd-6-0-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base5 yamt-pagecache-base4 netbsd-6-base yamt-pagecache-base3 yamt-pagecache-base2 yamt-pagecache-base cherry-xenmp-base bouyer-quota2-nbase bouyer-quota2-base matt-mips64-premerge-20101231
# 1.40 31-May-2010 njoly

branches: 1.40.36;
Consistently use `.Brq Dv XXX' across syscalls man pages, for NAME_MAX
and PATH_MAX.


Revision tags: matt-premerge-20091211
# 1.39 18-May-2009 wiz

Sort errors.


Revision tags: jym-xensuspend-nbase jym-xensuspend-base
# 1.38 23-Mar-2009 joerg

Remove/convert physical markup.


Revision tags: netbsd-5-2-3-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-5-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-RC1 netbsd-5-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-1-RELEASE matt-nb5-mips64-premerge-20101231 matt-nb5-pq3-base netbsd-5-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-RC4 matt-nb5-mips64-k15 netbsd-5-1-RC3 netbsd-5-1-RC2 netbsd-5-1-RC1 netbsd-5-0-2-RELEASE matt-nb5-mips64-premerge-20091211 matt-nb5-mips64-u2-k2-k4-k7-k8-k9 matt-nb4-mips64-k7-u2a-k9b matt-nb5-mips64-u1-k1-k5 netbsd-5-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-0-RELEASE netbsd-5-0-RC4 netbsd-5-0-RC3 netbsd-5-0-RC2 netbsd-5-0-RC1 christos-time_t-nbase christos-time_t-base netbsd-5-base matt-mips64-base2 wrstuden-revivesa-base-3 wrstuden-revivesa-base-2 wrstuden-revivesa-base-1 yamt-pf42-base4 yamt-pf42-base3 hpcarm-cleanup-nbase yamt-pf42-baseX yamt-pf42-base2 wrstuden-revivesa-base yamt-pf42-base keiichi-mipv6-base matt-armv6-nbase hpcarm-cleanup-base
# 1.37 24-Feb-2008 christos

branches: 1.37.12;
doecument that we now can return eagain.


Revision tags: cube-autoconf-base matt-armv6-base
# 1.36 02-Dec-2007 rillig

branches: 1.36.4;
ENOENT is also returned when the script interpreter does not exist.


Revision tags: netbsd-4-0-1-RELEASE wrstuden-fixsa-newbase matt-armv6-prevmlocking wrstuden-fixsa-base-1 netbsd-4-0-RELEASE netbsd-4-0-RC5 netbsd-4-0-RC4 netbsd-4-0-RC3 netbsd-4-0-RC2 netbsd-4-0-RC1 matt-mips64-base wrstuden-fixsa-base abandoned-netbsd-4-base netbsd-4-base
# 1.35 07-May-2005 perry

branches: 1.35.10;
Change HISTORY. It traces execve only back to 4.2BSD, and it is a
touch older than that. (Surprisingly, though, it doesn't appear to
have been in v6.)


# 1.34 07-May-2005 perry

cross reference script(7)


Revision tags: netbsd-3-1-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-3-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-3-1-RC4 netbsd-3-1-RC3 netbsd-3-1-RC2 netbsd-3-1-RC1 netbsd-3-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-RC6 netbsd-3-0-RC5 netbsd-3-0-RC4 netbsd-3-0-RC3 netbsd-3-0-RC2 netbsd-3-0-RC1 netbsd-3-base
# 1.33 13-May-2004 wiz

\- is a minus, not -.


Revision tags: netbsd-2-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-2-1-RELEASE netbsd-2-1-RC6 netbsd-2-1-RC5 netbsd-2-1-RC4 netbsd-2-1-RC3 netbsd-2-1-RC2 netbsd-2-1-RC1 netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-2-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-2-base netbsd-2-0-RELEASE netbsd-2-0-RC5 netbsd-2-0-RC4 netbsd-2-0-RC3 netbsd-2-0-RC2 netbsd-2-0-RC1 netbsd-2-0-base
# 1.32 07-Aug-2003 agc

Move UCB-licensed code from 4-clause to 3-clause licence.

Patches provided by Joel Baker in PR 22280, verified by myself.


# 1.31 16-Apr-2003 wiz

Use
.In header.h
instead of
.Fd #include \*[Lt]header.h\*[Gt]
Much easier to read and write, and supported by groff for ages.
Okayed by ross.


# 1.30 15-Mar-2003 wiz

Use "its" instead of "it's" where appropriate.
From Soren Jacobsen in PR 20730.


# 1.29 18-Jan-2003 thorpej

Merge the nathanw_sa branch.


Revision tags: nathanw_sa_before_merge fvdl_fs64_base nathanw_sa_base
# 1.28 01-Oct-2002 wiz

New sentence, new line.


# 1.27 01-Oct-2002 wiz

Remove some \f* cruft.


# 1.26 01-Oct-2002 wiz

New sentence, new line. From Robert Elz.


# 1.25 26-Sep-2002 christos

Revise wording to say that setting the argument vector is not mandatory.

>xs@kittenz.org:
>susv3 agrees with this, since in the rationale, susv3 states the
>requirement of argc >= 1 was removed recently following iso c. it
>is now only a "should."


# 1.24 11-Aug-2002 yamt

bump .Dd .


# 1.23 11-Aug-2002 yamt

document a hack about setuid programs and fd 0, 1 and 2.
from OpenBSD.


Revision tags: netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RELEASE netbsd-1-6-PATCH002 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC4 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC3 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC2 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC1 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RELEASE netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RC3 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RC2 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RC1 netbsd-1-6-RELEASE netbsd-1-6-RC3 netbsd-1-6-RC2 netbsd-1-6-RC1 netbsd-1-6-base
# 1.22 08-Feb-2002 ross

Generate <>& symbolically. I'm avoiding .../dist/... directories for now.


# 1.21 16-Sep-2001 wiz

Sort sections, sort SEE ALSO, punctuation and miscellanous fixes.


# 1.20 16-Sep-2001 wiz

Boring whitespace fixes.


Revision tags: kqueue-base
# 1.19 05-Jul-2000 he

branches: 1.19.2;
Add text that says that an interpreter cannot itself be an interpreter
file. Inspired by Solaris manpage and the current NetBSD implementation
as observed with the scotty package and attempts to use the earlier shell
wrapper as an interpreter.


Revision tags: netbsd-1-5-PATCH003 netbsd-1-5-PATCH002 netbsd-1-5-PATCH001 netbsd-1-5-RELEASE netbsd-1-5-BETA2 netbsd-1-5-BETA netbsd-1-5-ALPHA2 netbsd-1-5-base
# 1.18 17-Jun-2000 hubertf

Merge duplicate mentions of EPERM, EACCESS, ... into one entry
(where applicable).


Revision tags: minoura-xpg4dl-base
# 1.17 08-May-2000 soda

branches: 1.17.2;
ARG_MAX is bumped from 20KB to 256KB since Jan 16 1994 (revision 1.7 of <sys/syslimits.h>). i.e. before NetBSD-1.0 release.
pointed out by NAKAJIMA Yoshihiro and Tanaka Akira on fj.os.bsd.netbsd newsgroup.


Revision tags: wrstuden-devbsize-19991221 wrstuden-devbsize-base
# 1.16 02-Dec-1999 kleink

Add a LIBRARY section to system call manual pages. While it's clear that the
libraries contain stubs only (with minor exceptions a la pipe(2)), the purpose
of this section is to provide linkage information.


Revision tags: netbsd-1-4-PATCH003 netbsd-1-4-PATCH002 comdex-fall-1999-base netbsd-1-4-PATCH001 netbsd-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-1-4-base
# 1.15 22-Mar-1999 garbled

branches: 1.15.6;
Last of the .Os cleanups. .Os is defined in the tmac.doc-common file,
so we shouldn't override it with versions in the manpages. Wheee!


# 1.14 29-Aug-1998 lukem

first pass at fixing up capitalization of function names and
arguments; ensure that each is correct with respect to the
implementation, rather than being correct as per english.


# 1.13 02-Feb-1998 perry

merge lite-2


Revision tags: netbsd-1-3-PATCH003 netbsd-1-3-PATCH003-CANDIDATE2 netbsd-1-3-PATCH003-CANDIDATE1 netbsd-1-3-PATCH003-CANDIDATE0 netbsd-1-3-PATCH002 netbsd-1-3-PATCH001 netbsd-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-1-3-BETA netbsd-1-3-base
# 1.12 14-Jul-1997 kleink

Add missing `STANDARDS' compliance statements. As we #define _POSIX_VERSION
to 199009L, bump existing statements to 1003.1-1990.


# 1.11 10-Jul-1997 mikel

xref _exit(2) or exit(3) instead of exit(2)


# 1.10 12-May-1997 mikel

xref sigprocmask(2), not obsolete sigsetmask(2).


Revision tags: netbsd-1-2-PATCH001 netbsd-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-1-2-BETA netbsd-1-2-base netbsd-1-1-PATCH001 netbsd-1-1-RELEASE netbsd-1-1-base
# 1.9 27-Feb-1995 cgd

merge with lite, keeping most local changes. clean up Ids


# 1.8 17-Oct-1994 cgd

either change or update references to sigvec(), as appropriate


Revision tags: netbsd-1-0-base
# 1.7 22-Apr-1994 jtc

branches: 1.7.2;
Remove description of EINVAL, "The pathname contains a character with the
high-order bit set", as this error is obsolete.

Eventually we may want to add code to some of the "optional" filesystems
(msdosfs, etc.) that checks for illegal characters. At that time it would
be appropriate to reintroduce this error with appropriate text. Perhaps
"The pathname contains a character that is not valid for filesystem type".


# 1.6 19-Apr-1994 jtc

Use symbolic names {NAME_MAX} & {PATH_MAX} instead of 255 and 1023 in
description of ENAMETOOLONG error.


# 1.5 29-Nov-1993 jtc

Use "Er" for argument to -width in the lists in the ERROR sections --- so
the formatting is consistant.


# 1.4 25-Nov-1993 jtc

Clean up manpages:
Use .Fn rather than .Nm macro in HISTORY and STANDARDS sections.
Use .At and .St macros instead of spelling out "Version 6 UNIX",
"IEEE 1003.1-1988 (POSIX)", etc.


# 1.3 26-Oct-1993 cgd

fixes from Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@emba.uvm.edu>:
note that EACCES is returned if program file is on an FS mounted
MNT_NOEXEC. also fix missing close-paren.


# 1.2 01-Aug-1993 mycroft

Add RCS indentifiers.


# 1.1 21-Mar-1993 cgd

branches: 1.1.1;
Initial revision