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Re: posix_spawnp(3) not checking for empty file name

To: tlaronde%kergis.com@localhost
Subject: Re: posix_spawnp(3) not checking for empty file name
From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:37:23 +0200

On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 01:42:36PM +0200, tlaronde%kergis.com@localhost wrote:
> If the execvp(3) checks that the name passed is not the empty string,
> posix_spawnp(3) doesn't with the file argument.
> 
> Is it intended?

It is just an optimization to speed up failure. I'll add it to posix_spawnp(3)
too.

Martin

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- posix_spawnp(3) not checking for empty file name
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