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21 
22 /*
23  * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
24  * Use is subject to license terms.
25  */
26 
27 /*	Copyright (c) 1988 AT&T	*/
28 /*	  All Rights Reserved  	*/
29 
30 /*
31  *	execle(file, arg1, arg2, ..., 0, envp)
32  */
33 
34 #pragma weak _execle = execle
35 
36 #include "lint.h"
37 #include <sys/types.h>
38 #include <alloca.h>
39 #include <malloc.h>
40 #include <stdarg.h>
41 #include <unistd.h>
42 
43 /*VARARGS1*/
44 int
45 execle(const char *file, const char *arg0, ...)
46 {
47 	char **argp;
48 	va_list args;
49 	char **argvec;
50 	register  char  **environmentp;
51 	int err;
52 	int nargs = 0;
53 	char *nextarg;
54 
55 	/*
56 	 * count the number of arguments in the variable argument list
57 	 * and allocate an argument vector for them on the stack,
58 	 * adding space at the end for a terminating null pointer
59 	 */
60 
61 	va_start(args, arg0);
62 	while (va_arg(args, char *) != (char *)0) {
63 		nargs++;
64 	}
65 
66 	/*
67 	 * save the environment pointer, which is at the end of the
68 	 * variable argument list
69 	 */
70 
71 	environmentp = va_arg(args, char **);
72 	va_end(args);
73 
74 	/*
75 	 * load the arguments in the variable argument list
76 	 * into the argument vector, and add the terminating null pointer
77 	 */
78 
79 	va_start(args, arg0);
80 	/* workaround for bugid 1242839 */
81 	argvec = (char **)alloca((size_t)((nargs + 2) * sizeof (char *)));
82 	argp = argvec;
83 	*argp++ = (char *)arg0;
84 	while ((nextarg = va_arg(args, char *)) != (char *)0) {
85 		*argp++ = nextarg;
86 	}
87 	va_end(args);
88 	*argp = (char *)0;
89 
90 	/*
91 	 * call execve()
92 	 */
93 
94 	err = execve(file, argvec, environmentp);
95 	return (err);
96 }
97