Hello Bastien, On 1/27/21 4:48 PM, roucaries.bast...@gmail.com wrote: > From: Bastien Roucariès <ro...@debian.org> > > Document the name=value system and that nul byte is forbidden > > Signed-off-by: Bastien Roucariès <ro...@debian.org>
I've applied this patch, but please see a note below. > --- > man7/environ.7 | 12 +++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7 > index f9e49a572..f2786fa09 100644 > --- a/man7/environ.7 > +++ b/man7/environ.7 > @@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ current language, etc., and a user can define additional > variables for other pur > The set of all environment variables that have values is collectively known > as > the process environment or simply the environment. > .PP > +By convention, the strings in > +.I environ > +have the form "\fIname\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP". > +Names of environment variables are case-sensitive and must not contain > +the character "\fB=\fP". The values of environment variables can be anything Please start new sentences on new lines. > +that can be represented as a string. A value and a name must not contain an > +embedded null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq), > +since this is assumed to terminate the string. > +.PP > This array of strings is made available to the process by the > .BR exec (3) > call that started the process. > @@ -99,9 +108,6 @@ it inherits a > .I copy > of its parent's environment. > .PP > -By convention the strings in > -.I environ > -have the form "\fIname\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP". > Common examples are: > .TP > .B USER Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
