NAME
argv0 - runs a program with a specified 0th argument.
SYNOPSIS
argv0 realname zero args
DESCRIPTION
realname is one argument. zero is one argument. args is any number of
arguments.
argv0 runs the program stored as realname on disk, with zero as the 0th
argument (rather than realname) and args as the remaining arguments.
APPLICATIONS
Some programs pay special attention to the 0th argument. argv0 makes
these programs usable from shell scripts.
For example,
argv0 /bin/csh -csh
runs /bin/csh with a 0th argument of -csh. /bin/csh will think it is a
login shell and behave accordingly.
As another example, the command
tcpserver 0 ftp argv0 tcpd ftpd -l -A
has a similar effect to the line
ftp stream tcp nowait root tcpd ftpd -l -A
in /etc/inetd.conf. The tcpd program is run with 0th argument ftpd and
remaining arguments -l -A. Note that tcpd can and should be replaced by
the -x option of tcpserver(1):
tcpserver -x ftp.tcp 0 ftp ftpd -l -A
SEE ALSO
tcpserver(1), tcprules(1), tcprulescheck(1), fixcrio(1), recordio(1),
rblsmtpd(1), tcpclient(1), who@(1), date@(1), finger@(1), http@(1),
tcpcat(1), mconnect(1), tcp-environ(5)
http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html
argv0(1)