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From: madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Environment space passing via exec (how?)
Message-ID: <23496@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 25 Jun 88 16:51:41 GMT
Reply-To: madd@bu-it.bu.edu
Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group
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Does anyone know how the exec function knows how large of an
environment to allocate for a child process?  I need to give a child a
larger environment than its parent (without the use of command.com).
Any clues would be greatly appreciated.

jim frost
madd@bu-it.bu.edu