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Date:      Tue, 29 Jun 1999 05:49:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Brian F. Feldman" <green@unixhelp.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Amol Mohite <amol2@m-net.arbornet.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: environment strings
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906290547090.19237-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990629141057.I85121@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Monday, 28 June 1999 at 23:32:59 -0400, Amol Mohite wrote:
> > What I want to know is the exact position of these variables on the stack.
> 
> As I said, at the top.
> 
> > and if anywhere I can find some data, on the exact compisoition of
> > the stcak, then it will be very helpful.
> >
> > references of books and websites wil be most helpful.
> 
> I think that, for FreeBSD, the source is the only place you'll find
> it.  There's a brief description in "Porting UNIX Software"
> (http://www.ora.com/catalog/port/noframes.html), but that's not
> specific to FreeBSD.

That's not true, Greg. I'm sure you of all people know that it (the
composition of address space) is described in "The Design and
Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System," even if things
are slightly different in FreeBSD of today (especially addresses.)

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