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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ system call executes the program referred to by the combination of
and
.IR pathname .
It operates in exactly the same way as
-.BR execve (2),
+.MR execve 2 ,
except for the differences described in this manual page.
.P
If the pathname given in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ referred to by the file descriptor
.I dirfd
(rather than relative to the current working directory of
the calling process, as is done by
-.BR execve (2)
+.MR execve 2
for a relative pathname).
.P
If
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ then
.I pathname
is interpreted relative to the current working
directory of the calling process (like
-.BR execve (2)).
+.MR execve 2 ).
.P
If
.I pathname
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ If
is an empty string, operate on the file referred to by
.I dirfd
(which may have been obtained using the
-.BR open (2)
+.MR open 2
.B O_PATH
flag).
.TP
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ On error, \-1 is returned, and
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
The same errors that occur for
-.BR execve (2)
+.MR execve 2
can also occur for
.BR execveat ().
The following additional errors can occur for
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ Linux 3.19,
glibc 2.34.
.SH NOTES
In addition to the reasons explained in
-.BR openat (2),
+.MR openat 2 ,
the
.BR execveat ()
system call is also needed to allow
-.BR fexecve (3)
+.MR fexecve 3
to be implemented on systems that do not have the
.I /proc
filesystem mounted.
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ is the value given in
.IR pathname .
.P
For the same reasons described in
-.BR fexecve (3),
+.MR fexecve 3 ,
the natural idiom when using
.BR execveat ()
is to set the close-on-exec flag on
@@ -215,6 +215,6 @@ where scripts recursively employ
.\" Subject: [PATCHv10 man-pages 5/5] execveat.2: initial man page.\" for execveat(2
.\" Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:53:59 +0000
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR execve (2),
-.BR openat (2),
-.BR fexecve (3)
+.MR execve 2 ,
+.MR openat 2 ,
+.MR fexecve 3