Annoying prototypes for execv* functions in V.4 <sys/unistd.h>

[Ron Guilmette]

In article <1991Jan31.174039.17973 at cbnewsl.att.com> sethr at cbnewsl.att.com (seth.r.rosenthal) writes:
+In article <3598 at lupine.NCD.COM>, rfg at lupine.ncd.com (Ron Guilmette) writes:
+> If you use and/or sell System V Release 4 you may want to fix up your
+> <sys/unistd.h> file.
+> 
+> It probably contains:
+> 
+> extern int execv(const char *, char *const *);
+> extern int execve(const char *, char *const *, char *const *);
+> extern int execvp(const char *, char *const *);
+> 
+
+These prototypes come right out of 1003.1-1990.  That
+is why they are in SVR4.

I stand corrected.  Apparently there *is* some POSIX document that says
that those prototypes are correct.

Now if somebody would just tell me where I can get a copy of this mythical
document...

Is it a draft or an approved document?  What's its ISBN #?

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