file_spec The full file specification of a new image to be activated in the child process. argv An array of pointers to null-terminated character strings. These strings constitute the argument list available to the new process. By convention, argv[0] must point to a string that is the same as the new process filename (or its last component). argv is terminated by a NULL pointer. envp An array of strings that specifies the program's environment. Each string in envp has the following form: name = value The name can be one of the following names and the value is a null-terminated string to be associated with the name: o HOME-Your login directory o TERM-The type of terminal being used o PATH-The default device and directory o USER-The name of the user who initiated the process The last element in envp must be the NULL pointer. When the operating system executes the program, it places a copy of the current environment vector (envp) in the external variable environ.