From: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:59:10 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man/man3/posix_spawn.3: EXAMPLES: Validate the number of arguments
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man/man3/posix_spawn.3: EXAMPLES: Validate the number of arguments

Make the example check for an executable name on the command line
rather than segfaulting in the child.

Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
Message-ID: <20250818225910.101238-1-dave@treblig.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/man/man3/posix_spawn.3 b/man/man3/posix_spawn.3
index 3aaf3873e..c4c5b3c96 100644
--- a/man/man3/posix_spawn.3
+++ b/man/man3/posix_spawn.3
@@ -730,6 +730,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             break;
         }
     }
+\&
+    if (argv[optind] == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [\-cs] executable [args]\[rs]n", argv[0]);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
 \&
     /* Spawn the child. The name of the program to execute and the
        command\-line arguments are taken from the command\-line arguments