On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 08:25:36PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:

A good example of what you're talking about is exec(3):

     int execl(const char *pathname, const char *arg, ...
                     /*, (char *) NULL */);
     int execlp(const char *file, const char *arg, ...
                     /*, (char *) NULL */);
     int execle(const char *pathname, const char *arg, ...
                     /*, (char *) NULL, char *const envp[] */);
     int execv(const char *pathname, char *const argv[]);
     int execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]);
     int execvpe(const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);

The p functions *require* a filename, while the non-p functions accept a
pathname.  I would change that manual page for consistency into either
pathname and filename, or path and file, but the current mix is bad.

I started The POSIXly Correct Reform.  :)
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/log/?h=posixly>

Cheers,
Alex


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