execve.2: execve also returns E2BIG if a string is too long

Document that if a command line or environment string is too long (> MAX_ARG_STRLEN), execve will also return E2BIG. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
mkerrisk · Oct 11, 2023 · 2b3b1f1 · 2b3b1f1
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@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ The total number of bytes in the environment
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 and argument list
 .RI ( argv )
-is too large.
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