Why isn't argv[argc]==(char *)0 ?

[Richard Tobin]

In article <2651 at auspex.auspex.com> guy at auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:

>*Much* older versions; the first version I saw with argv[argc] == 0 was V7

So it's probably the first version that had it.  From the Sixth Edition
man page for exec(II):

 "Argv is not directly usable in another execv, since argv[argc] is -1
  and not 0."

-- Richard
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