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25 #include <stackinfo.h>
27 /* Execute PATH with all arguments after PATH until a NULL pointer,
28 and the argument after that for environment. */
30 execle (const char *path, const char *arg, ...)
32 size_t argv_max = 1024;
33 const char **argv = alloca (argv_max * sizeof (const char *));
34 const char *const *envp;
41 while (argv[i++] != NULL)
45 const char **nptr = alloca ((argv_max *= 2) * sizeof (const char *));
47 #ifndef _STACK_GROWS_UP
48 if ((char *) nptr + argv_max == (char *) argv)
50 /* Stack grows down. */
51 argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv,
52 i * sizeof (const char *));
57 #ifndef _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
58 if ((char *) argv + i == (char *) nptr)
63 /* We have a hole in the stack. */
64 argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv,
65 i * sizeof (const char *));
68 argv[i] = va_arg (args, const char *);
71 envp = va_arg (args, const char *const *);
74 return __execve (path, (char *const *) argv, (char *const *) envp);