In article <EE-B=O2 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", "echo", NULL); >(which is a common idiom in UNIX source groups) ... A common INCORRECT idiom! This error is well known and has been discussed to death, both on Usenet and in C programming textbooks and style guides.