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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
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On 28/03/17 09:10 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Ray Andrews wrote on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 07:29:24 -0700:
>> ls is a passive recipient, there is no 'request'.  Yes?
> Yes:
>
>       1	% strace -fe execve sh -c 'ls -d /*'
>       2	execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "ls -d /*"], [/* 47 vars */]) = 0
>       3	Process 8717 attached
>       4	[pid  8717] execve("/bin/ls", ["ls", "-d", "/bin", "/boot", "/dev", "/etc", "/home", "/initrd.img", "/lib", "/lib64", "/lost+found", "/media", "/mnt", ...], [/* 47 vars */]) = 0
>
> That execve() line shows the 'argv' array in ls's main() will be.  You
> can see that it has no asterisks.
>
It must be frustrating for the list that after several years I still 
make these DOSy mistakes.   The above code is most educational, thanks.