From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: Help...using execve() in NT
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 09:53:18 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: 12 Jun 1998 22:50:09 GMT:

>basically, net view from the command line will do it.
>
>unfortunantly, i can't get "net view" to work in my execve() function.
>
>execve("//kyle/c$/winnt/system32", "net", "view");
>
>gives me two errors.  1) incompatible pointer type, Argument 2
>2) Incompatible argument type, argument 3.
>
>so...what am i doing wrong?  please help.

int execve(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);

You are giving a const char * instead of an array. Either you have to use
another function or you must setup an array with the arguments and environment
and pass this on.
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   Gerhard

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