argv0
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NAME
argv0 - run a program with a specified 0th argument
SYNOPSIS
argv0
realname
zero
[
arg ...
]
DESCRIPTION
argv0
runs
the program stored as
realname
on disk,
with the given
arguments.
It sets the 0th argument of
the program to
zero.
For example,
argv0 /bin/csh -bin/csh
runs
/bin/csh
with a 0th argument of
-bin/csh.
csh
will think it is a login shell
and behave accordingly.
argv0
can be used to run some
inetd
wrappers under
tcpserver.
SEE ALSO
csh(1),
tcpserver(1),
execve(2),
execvp(3),
inetd(8)
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