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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-04-03 17:38:48 +0200
committerMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-04-03 17:38:48 +0200
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Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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+/**
+ * exec-as — A command that lets you start another command with any argv[0]
+ * Copyright © 2015 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ char* execname;
+ char* file;
+ int i;
+
+ if (argc < 3)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s", execname,
+ "Too few arguments, you need atleast "
+ "the file to run and its argv[0].");
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ execname = argv[0];
+ file = argv[1];
+
+ for (i = 0; i < argc - 2; i++)
+ argv[i] = argv[i + 2];
+ argv[i] = NULL;
+
+ execvp(file, argv);
+ perror(execname);
+ fail:
+ return 138;
+}
+