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                      3: execlp()               COHERENT System Call              execlp()
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                      8: Execute a load module
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                     10: eexxeeccllpp(_f_i_l_e, _a_r_g_1, ..., _a_r_g_n, NNUULLLL)
                     11: cchhaarr *_f_i_l_e, *_a_r_g_1, ..., *_a_r_g_n;
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                     13: The COHERENT  system includes six functions  that allow a process
                     14: to execute  another executable file.  execlp  initializes the new
                     15: stack of the  process to contain a list of  strings that are com-
                     16: mand arguments.  It  specifies arguments individually, as a NULL-
                     17: terminated list  of arg parameters.  Unlike  the related function
                     18: execl, execlp  searches for file in all  directories named in the
                     19: environmental variable PATH.  For more information on program ex-
                     20: ecution, see execution.
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                     22: ***** See Also *****
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                     24: COHERENT system  calls, environ, execl(),  execle(), execv(), ex-
                     25: ecve(), execvp(), fork(), ioctl(), sh, signal(), stat()
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                     27: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     29: execlp does not return  if successful.  It returns -1 for errors,
                     30: such as  file not existing in the directories  named in PATH, not
                     31: accessible with  execute permission, having a  bad format, or too
                     32: large to fit in memory.
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