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cyg Simple wrote:
> ...
> But I don't believe that env --ignore-environment should be using execvp
> and should be using execv instead.  That is for the upstream coreutils
> team to decide though.

Possibly not, as it would also require to check whether PATH is set 
later in the command line.

Always using execv() if -i is specified would break:

   env -i PATH=/bin:/usr/bin prog

To force execv()-like behavior with -i, simply use

   env -i PATH=. prog


Christian


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