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5.1 KiB
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184 lines
5.1 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: environ.7,v 1.6 1998/04/30 09:38:54 fair Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" @(#)environ.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt ENVIRON 7
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm environ
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.Nd user process environment
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ar extern char **environ ;
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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An array of strings called the
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.Em environment
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is made available by
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.Xr execve 2
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when a process begins.
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By convention these strings have the form
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.Dq Ar name=value .
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The following names are used by various commands:
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.Bl -tag -width BLOCKSIZE
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.It Ev BLOCKSIZE
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The size of the block units used by several commands, most notably
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.Xr df 1 ,
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.Xr du 1
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and
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.Xr ls 1 .
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.Ev BLOCKSIZE
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may be specified in units of a byte by specifying a number,
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in units of a kilobyte by specifying a number followed by ``K'' or
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``k'', in units of a megabyte by specifying a number followed by ``M''
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or ``m'' and in units of a gigabyte by specifying a number followed
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by ``G'' or ``g''.
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Sizes less than 512 bytes or greater than a gigabyte are ignored.
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.It Ev EXINIT
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A startup list of commands read by
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.Xr ex 1
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and
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.Xr vi 1 .
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.It Ev HOME
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A user's login directory, set by
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.Xr login 1
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from the password file
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.Xr passwd 5 .
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.It Ev PATH
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The sequence of directories, separated by colons, searched by
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr system 3 ,
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.Xr execvp 3 ,
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etc, when looking for an executable file.
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PATH is set to ``/usr/bin:/bin'' initially by
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.Xr login 1 .
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.It Ev PRINTER
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The name of the default printer to be used by
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.Xr lpr 1 ,
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.Xr lpq 1 ,
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and
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.Xr lprm 1 .
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.It Ev SHELL
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The full pathname of the user's login shell.
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.It Ev TERM
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The kind of terminal for which output is to be prepared.
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This information is used by commands, such as
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.Xr nroff 1
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or
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.Xr plot 1
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which may exploit special terminal capabilities.
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See
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.Pa /usr/share/misc/termcap
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.Pq Xr termcap 5
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for a list of terminal types.
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.It Ev TERMCAP
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The string describing the terminal in TERM, or, if
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it begins with a '/', the name of the termcap file.
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See
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.Ev TERMPATH
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below,
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.Xr termcap 5 ,
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and
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.Xr termcap 3 .
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.It Ev TERMPATH
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A sequence of pathnames of termcap files, separated by colons or spaces,
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which are searched for terminal descriptions in the order listed.
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Having no
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.Ev TERMPATH
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is equivalent to a
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.Ev TERMPATH
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of
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.Dq Pa $HOME/.termcap:/usr/share/misc/termcap .
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.Ev TERMPATH
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is ignored if
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.Ev TERMCAP
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contains a full pathname.
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.It Ev TMPDIR
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The directory in which to store temporary files.
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Most applications use either
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.Pa /tmp
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or
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.Pa /var/tmp .
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Setting this variable will make them use another directory.
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.It Ev TZ
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The timezone to use when displaying dates.
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The normal format is a pathname relative to
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.Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo .
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For example, the command
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.Ic env TZ=US/Pacific date
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displays the current time in California.
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See
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.Xr tzset 3
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for more information.
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.It Ev USER
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The login name of the user.
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.El
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.Pp
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Further names may be placed in the environment by the
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.Ic export
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command and
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.Ar name=value
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arguments in
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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or by the
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.Ic setenv
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command if you use
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.Xr csh 1 .
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It is unwise to change certain
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.Xr sh 1
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variables that are frequently exported by
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.Pa .profile
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files, such as
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.Ev MAIL ,
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.Ev PS1 ,
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.Ev PS2 ,
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and
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.Ev IFS ,
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unless you know what you are doing.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr ex 1 ,
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr execve 2 ,
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.Xr execle 3 ,
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.Xr system 3 ,
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.Xr termcap 3 ,
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.Xr termcap 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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manual page appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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