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proc.tex

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function as a login shell. A login shell reads \texttt{/etc/profile}, for
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example.
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\item \funnm{exec} does not transfer the control to the program in memory
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directly. As described on page \pageref{RUNTIMELINKER}, the system (i.e. the
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directly, at least for dynamically linked programs.
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As described on page \pageref{RUNTIMELINKER}, the system (i.e. the
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code of the \funnm{exec} call) first maps the dynamic linker, a.k.a. the loader,
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to the process address space. The loader then maps all dynamic libraries there
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as well, then finally calls the program \texttt{main()}.

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