execl() is a C library function which is used to replace the current process image with a new process image. It belongs to the family of exec() functions and prototyped in unistd.h.
execl() is a C library function which is used to replace the current process image with a new process image. It belongs to the familt of exec() functions and prototyped in unistd.h.
The Function Prototype
int execl(const char *path, const char *arg, ...);
where,
- The first argument is the name of a file that is to be executed.
- The
const char *argand subsequent arguments (if any) can be thought of asarg0,arg1, ...,argn. Together they describe a list of one or more pointers to null-terminated strings that represent the argument list available to the executed program.
Return Value
The various exec() functions only return if an error has occurred. The return value is -1, and errno is set to indicate the error.
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