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Standard C Library Functionsisaexec(3C)


NAME

 isaexec - invoke isa-specific executable

SYNOPSIS

 
#include <unistd.h>
int isaexec(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);

DESCRIPTION

 

The isaexec() function takes the path specified as path and breaks it into directory and file name components. It enquires from the running system the list of supported instruction set architectures; see isalist(5). The function traverses the list for an executable file in named subdirectories of the original directory. When such a file is located, execve() is invoked with argv[] and envp[]. See exec (2).

RETURN VALUES

 

If no file is located, isaexec() returns ENOENT. Other return values are the same as for execve().

EXAMPLES

 Example 1. Example of isaexec function.
 

On a system whose isalist is

 
sparcv7 sparc

the program

 
int
main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
{
        return (isaexec("/bin/thing", argv, envp));
}

will look first for an executable file named /bin/sparcv7/thing, then for an executable file named bin/sparc/thing. It will invoke execve() on the first executable file it finds named thing.

On that same system, a program called /u/bin/tofu can cause either /u/bin/sparcv7/tofu or /u/bin/sparc/tofu to be invoked using the following code:

 
int
main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
{
              return (isaexec(getexecname(), argv, envp));
}

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelSafe
Interface StabilityStable

SEE ALSO

 

exec(2), getexecname(3C), attributes(5), isalist(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 20 Mar 1998

 
      
      
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