__libc_start_main

Name

__libc_start_main -- initialization routine

Synopsis

int __libc_start_main(int *(main) (int, char * *, char * *), int argc, char * * ubp_av, void (*init) (void), void (*fini) (void), void (*rtld_fini) (void), void (* stack_end));

Description

The __libc_start_main() function shall initialize the process, call the main function with appropriate arguments, and handle the return from main().

__libc_start_main() is not in the source standard; it is only in the binary standard.