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# FpExecve

Execute process using environment

## Declaration

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`function FpExecve(`
`path: PChar;`
`argv: PPChar;`
`envp: PPChar`
`):cint; function FpExecve(`
`path: AnsiString;`
`argv: PPChar;`
`envp: PPChar`
`):cint;`

## Description

Replaces the currently running program with the program, specified in path. It gives the program the options in argv, and the environment in envp. They are pointers to an array of pointers to null-terminated strings. The last pointer in this array should be nil. On success, execve does not return.

## Errors

Extended error information can be retrieved with fpGetErrno, and includes the following:

sys_eacces
  File is not a regular file, or has no execute permission. A compononent of the path has no search permission.
sys_eperm
  The file system is mounted \textit{noexec}.
sys_e2big
  Argument list too big.
sys_enoexec
  The magic number in the file is incorrect.
sys_enoent
  The file does not exist.
sys_enomem
  Not enough memory for kernel.
sys_enotdir
  A component of the path is not a directory.
sys_eloop
  The path contains a circular reference (via symlinks).

## See also

fpExecv |  | Execute process
fpFork |  | Create child process

## Example

    Program Example7;

    { Program to demonstrate the Execve function. }

    Uses BaseUnix, strings;

    Const Arg0 : PChar = '/bin/ls';
          Arg1 : Pchar = '-l';

    Var PP : PPchar;

    begin
      GetMem (PP,3*SizeOf(Pchar));
      PP[0]:=Arg0;
      PP[1]:=Arg1;
      PP[3]:=Nil;
      { Execute '/bin/ls -l', with current environment }
      { Envp is defined in system.inc }
      fpExecVe ('/bin/ls',pp,envp);
    end.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014