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22 /*
23  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
24  * Use is subject to license terms.
25  */
26 
27 #pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
28 
29 /*	Copyright (c) 1988 AT&T	*/
30 /*	  All Rights Reserved  	*/
31 
32 
33 /*
34  *	execl(name, arg0, arg1, ..., argn, 0)
35  *	environment automatically passed.
36  */
37 
38 #pragma weak execl = _execl
39 
40 #include "synonyms.h"
41 #include <alloca.h>
42 #include <malloc.h>
43 #include <stdarg.h>
44 #include <sys/types.h>
45 #include <unistd.h>
46 
47 /*VARARGS1*/
48 int
49 execl(const char *name, const char *arg0, ...)
50 {
51 	char **argp;
52 	va_list args;
53 	char **argvec;
54 	extern char **environ;
55 	int err;
56 	int nargs = 0;
57 	char *nextarg;
58 
59 	/*
60 	 * count the number of arguments in the variable argument list
61 	 * and allocate an argument vector for them on the stack,
62 	 * adding an extra element for a terminating null pointer
63 	 */
64 
65 	va_start(args, arg0);
66 	while (va_arg(args, char *) != (char *)0) {
67 		nargs++;
68 	}
69 	va_end(args);
70 
71 	/*
72 	 * load the arguments in the variable argument list
73 	 * into the argument vector and add the terminating null pointer
74 	 */
75 
76 	va_start(args, arg0);
77 
78 	/* workaround for bugid 1242839 */
79 	argvec = (char **)alloca((size_t)((nargs + 2) * sizeof (char *)));
80 	argp = argvec;
81 	*argp++ = (char *)arg0;
82 	while ((nextarg = va_arg(args, char *)) != (char *)0) {
83 		*argp++ = nextarg;
84 	}
85 	va_end(args);
86 	*argp = (char *)0;
87 
88 	/*
89 	 * call execve()
90 	 */
91 
92 	err = execve(name, argvec, environ);
93 	return (err);
94 }
95