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Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle()
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle() |
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Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:16:15 -0400 |
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On 8/20/13 11:02 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 05:48:12PM +0300, Aharon Robbins wrote:
>> In article <mailman.403.1376999138.10748.bug-bash@gnu.org> you write:
>>> 1) PATH is used by the kernel (exec family) to determine how commands are
>>> executed. The way PATH is used by the kernel is not likely to change.
>>> Having the shell treat it differently would lead to confusion.
>>
>> Actually, PATH searching is implemented in the C library and always
>> has been; there is only one real system call. The confusion likely arises
>> from the traditional practice of documenting all the exec calls on the
>> same manpage.
>
> Oh, really? That's very misleading and confusing.
It depends; most people don't really need to know the difference. But
yes, there is traditionally only execve(2) and everything else is built
on top of it.
Chet
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- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), (continued)
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Ken Irving, 2013/08/14
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Chet Ramey, 2013/08/18
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Ken Irving, 2013/08/18
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Linda Walsh, 2013/08/18
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Ken Irving, 2013/08/18
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Linda Walsh, 2013/08/19
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Greg Wooledge, 2013/08/20
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- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Greg Wooledge, 2013/08/20
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(),
Chet Ramey <=
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Aharon Robbins, 2013/08/29
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Chet Ramey, 2013/08/19
Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Andreas Gregor Frank, 2013/08/19
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Chet Ramey, 2013/08/19
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Andreas Gregor Frank, 2013/08/19
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Roman Rakus, 2013/08/20
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Linda Walsh, 2013/08/20
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Chris Down, 2013/08/21
- Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Linda Walsh, 2013/08/21
Re: feature request: file_not_found_handle(), Ken Irving, 2013/08/21