execve.2: execve also returns E2BIG if a string is too long

rikvanriel · rikvanriel · commit 2b3b1f181a18 · 2023-10-10T23:30:13.000-04:00
Document that if a command line or environment string is too long (&gt; MAX_ARG_STRLEN), execve will also return E2BIG.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ The total number of bytes in the environment
 .RI ( envp )
 and argument list
 .RI ( argv )
-is too large.
+is too large, or an argument or environment string is too long.
 .TP
 .B EACCES
 Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix of
