posix/execlp.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  17
  18 #include <unistd.h>
  19 #include <stdarg.h>
  20 #include <errno.h>
  21 #include <sys/param.h>
  22
  23 /* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if
  24    it contains no slashes, with all arguments after FILE until a
  25    NULL pointer and environment from `environ'.  */
  26 int
  27 execlp (const char *file, const char *arg, ...)
  28 {
  29   ptrdiff_t argc;
  30   va_list ap;
  31   va_start (ap, arg);
  32   for (argc = 1; va_arg (ap, const char *); argc++)
  33     {
  34       if (argc == INT_MAX)
  35         {
  36           va_end (ap);
  37           errno = E2BIG;
  38           return -1;
  39         }
  40     }
  41   va_end (ap);
  42
  43   /* Although posix does not state execlp as an async-safe function
  44      it can not use malloc to allocate the arguments since it might
  45      be used in a vfork scenario and it may lead to malloc internal
  46      bad state.  */
  47   ptrdiff_t i;
  48   char *argv[argc + 1];
  49   va_start (ap, arg);
  50   argv[0] = (char *) arg;
  51   for (i = 1; i <= argc; i++)
  52     argv[i] = va_arg (ap, char *);
  53   va_end (ap);
  54
  55   return __execvpe (file, argv, __environ);
  56 }
  57 libc_hidden_def (execlp)