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doc: turn env comments into documentation

* src/env.c: Convert introductory comments...
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): ...into documentation.
Suggested by Jim Meyering.
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Eric Blake
2009-10-27 17:20:56 -06:00
parent d6de2f198e
commit 75efc921b0
2 changed files with 51 additions and 66 deletions

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@@ -14442,6 +14442,57 @@ If no command name is specified following the environment
specifications, the resulting environment is printed. This is like
specifying the @command{printenv} program.
For some examples, suppose the environment passed to @command{env}
contains @samp{LOGNAME=rms}, @samp{EDITOR=emacs}, and
@samp{PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks}:
@itemize @bullet
@item
Output the current environment.
@example
$ env | LC_ALL=C sort
EDITOR=emacs
LOGNAME=rms
PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks
@end example
@item
Run @command{foo} with a reduced environment, preserving only the
original @env{PATH} to avoid problems in locating @command{foo}.
@example
env - PATH="$PATH" foo
@end example
@item
Run @command{foo} with the environment containing @samp{LOGNAME=rms},
@samp{EDITOR=emacs}, and @samp{PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks}, and guarantees
that @command{foo} was found in the file system rather than a shell
builtin.
@example
env foo
@end example
@item
Run @command{nemacs} with the environment containing @samp{LOGNAME=foo},
@samp{EDITOR=emacs}, @samp{PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks}, and
@samp{DISPLAY=gnu:0}.
@example
env DISPLAY=gnu:0 LOGNAME=foo nemacs
@end example
@item
Attempt to run the program @command{/energy/--} (as that is the only
possible path search result); if the command exists, the environment
will contain @samp{LOGNAME=rms} and @samp{PATH=/energy}, and the
arguments will be @samp{e=mc2}, @samp{bar}, and @samp{baz}.
@example
env -u EDITOR PATH=/energy -- e=mc2 bar baz
@end example
@end itemize
The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
Options must precede operands.

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@@ -16,72 +16,6 @@
/* Richard Mlynarik and David MacKenzie */
/* Options:
-
-i
--ignore-environment
Construct a new environment from scratch; normally the
environment is inherited from the parent process, except as
modified by other options.
-u variable
--unset=variable
Unset variable VARIABLE (remove it from the environment).
If VARIABLE was not set, does nothing.
-0
--null
When no program is specified, output environment information
terminated by NUL bytes rather than newlines.
variable=value (an arg containing a "=" character)
Set the environment variable VARIABLE to value VALUE. VALUE
may be of zero length ("variable="). Setting a variable to a
zero-length value is different from unsetting it.
--
Indicate that the following argument is not an option.
This is necessary when the program's name begins with "-",
but does not help if the program's name contains a "=".
The first remaining argument specifies a program to invoke;
it is searched for according to the specification of the PATH
environment variable, after environment modifications. Any
arguments following that are passed as arguments to that program.
If no command name is specified following the environment
specifications, the resulting environment is printed.
This is like specifying a command name of "printenv".
Examples:
If the environment passed to "env" is
{ LOGNAME=rms EDITOR=emacs PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks }
env - foo
runs "foo" in a null environment.
env foo
runs "foo" in the environment
{ LOGNAME=rms EDITOR=emacs PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks }
env DISPLAY=gnu:0 nemacs
runs "nemacs" in the environment
{ LOGNAME=rms EDITOR=emacs PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks DISPLAY=gnu:0 }
env - LOGNAME=foo /hacks/hack bar baz
runs the "hack" program on arguments "bar" and "baz" in an
environment in which the only variable is "LOGNAME". Note that
the "-" option clears out the PATH variable, so one should be
careful to specify in which directory to find the program to
call.
env -u EDITOR LOGNAME=foo PATH=/energy -- e=mc2 bar baz
attempts to run the program "/energy/--" with arguments
"e=mc2", "bar" and "baz" in the environment
{ LOGNAME=foo PATH=/energy }.
*/
#include <config.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>