Re: Changing argv[0] under Linux.

Mark Mielke (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:23:59 -0500


On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:56:35PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Well I just grepped through usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h and it
> shows 255 (with this 'C' library) so you are probably right.
> In any event, a "whole line of text" isn't going to overrun it.

Looking at the code, it looks to me as if argv[0] can be any size up to
_SC_ARG_MAX, with the restraining factor being that the environment
variables and the other arguments must fit in the same space.

Is this not correct?

mark

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