main:entry point of C program

In C, the entry point is the main function int main(){}.

#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char args *argv[]){
}

argc

number of arguments, including path to binary

argv

array of strings, each being a argument seperated with space

After being compiled to binary e.g. /tmp/a.out, calling /tmp/a.out 3 2 my -i execute main with:

• argc = 5
• argv = ["tmp/a.out" "3" "2" "my" "-i"]