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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/execve.214
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
index fb10ff55a0e..b3f5980c0d7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: execve.2,v 1.37 2011/10/24 19:31:56 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: execve.2,v 1.38 2011/11/17 12:55:05 schwarze Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: execve.2,v 1.9 1995/02/27 12:32:25 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)execve.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/24/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 17 2011 $
.Dt EXECVE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -322,12 +322,14 @@ The
.Fn exect
function should not be used in portable applications.
.Sh HISTORY
+The predecessor of these functions, the former
+.Fn exec
+system call, first appeared in
+.At v1 .
The
.Fn execve
-function call first appeared in
-.At v7
-and
-.Bx 3 .
+function first appeared in
+.At v7 .
.Sh CAVEATS
If a program is
.Em setuid