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Article #1083execl -- fails with ENOEXEC (Exec Format error)
From: Rudrakshala Purushotham
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 12:15
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 12:15
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I have a problem with the following code:
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execl ("/usr/local/bin/Rnmail", "Rnmail", "name@something", (char *)0);
perror ("execl");
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results in:
execl: Exec format error
where as
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execl ("/bin/sh", "-c", "Rnmail", "name@something", (char *)0);
perror ("sh");
...
works fine.
Can somebody explain me this behaviour? I am using UNIX System V Rel 3.0
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R. Purushotham Email: rudrak@saphir.cl.bull.fr
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