1 /* $NetBSD: execvp.c,v 1.29 2006/11/09 03:57:26 christos Exp $ */
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32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#)exec.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: execvp.c,v 1.29 2006/11/09 03:57:26 christos Exp $");
39 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
41 #include "namespace.h"
50 #include "reentrant.h"
53 __weak_alias(execvp
,_execvp
)
56 extern char **environ
;
59 execvp(const char *name
, char * const *argv
)
65 unsigned int etxtbsy
= 0;
67 const char *bp
, *path
, *p
;
69 _DIAGASSERT(name
!= NULL
);
71 /* "" is not a valid filename; check this before traversing PATH. */
72 if (name
[0] == '\0') {
77 /* If it's an absolute or relative path name, it's easy. */
78 if (strchr(name
, '/')) {
85 /* Get the path we're searching. */
86 if (!(path
= getenv("PATH")))
90 /* Find the end of this path element. */
91 for (p
= path
; *path
!= 0 && *path
!= ':'; path
++)
94 * It's a SHELL path -- double, leading and trailing colons
95 * mean the current directory.
104 * If the path is too long complain. This is a possible
105 * security issue; given a way to make the path too long
106 * the user may execute the wrong program.
108 if (lp
+ ln
+ 2 > sizeof(buf
)) {
109 (void)write(STDERR_FILENO
, "execvp: ", 8);
110 (void)write(STDERR_FILENO
, p
, lp
);
111 (void)write(STDERR_FILENO
, ": path too long\n", 16);
116 memcpy(buf
+ lp
+ 1, name
, ln
);
117 buf
[lp
+ ln
+ 1] = '\0';
119 retry
: (void)execve(bp
, argv
, environ
);
128 for (cnt
= 0; argv
[cnt
] != NULL
; ++cnt
)
131 * we can't use malloc here because, if we are doing
132 * vfork+exec, it leaks memory in the parent.
134 if ((memp
= alloca((cnt
+ 2) * sizeof(*memp
))) == NULL
)
136 memp
[0] = _PATH_BSHELL
;
138 (void)memcpy(&memp
[2], &argv
[1], cnt
* sizeof(*memp
));
139 (void)execve(_PATH_BSHELL
, __UNCONST(memp
), environ
);
143 (void)sleep(++etxtbsy
);
148 } while (*path
++ == ':'); /* Otherwise, *path was NUL */