execve_helper.c

/*	$NetBSD: doexec.c,v 1.8 2003/07/26 19:38:48 salo Exp $	*/

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
 * All rights reserved.
 *
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 *          This product includes software developed for the
 *          NetBSD Project.  See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for
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 * 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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 *
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 */

#include <err.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/* Passing -n == null_argv */
static char * const null_argv[] = { NULL };

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{

	if (argc == 2) {
		execve(argv[1], &argv[1], NULL);
	} else if (argc == 3 && strcmp(argv[1], "-n") == 0) {
		execve(argv[2], null_argv, NULL);
	} else {
		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-n] <progname>\n", argv[0]);
		exit(2);
	}

	err(1, "execve failed");
}