Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 10/31/2024
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PXFEXECVP

POSIX Subroutine: Executes a new process by passing command-line arguments.

Module

USE IFPOSIX

CALL PXFEXECVP (file,lenfile,argv,lenargv,iargc,ierror)

file

(Input) Character. The filename of the new executable process.

lenfile

(Input) INTEGER(4). The length of file string.

argv

(Input) An array of character strings. Contains the command-line arguments to be passed to the new process.

lenargv

(Input) INTEGER(4). An array that contains the lengths for each corresponding character string in argv.

iargc

(Input) INTEGER(4). The number of command-line arguments.

ierror

(Input) Character. The filename of the new executable process.

If successful, ierror is set to zero; otherwise, an error code.

The PXFEXECVP subroutine executes a new executable process(file) by passing command-line arguments specified in theargv array. It uses the PATH environment variable to find the file to execute.

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