--- getenv.3 2004-11-25 11:38:41.000000000 -0800
+++ getenv.3.edit 2006-09-17 20:33:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -50,13 +50,23 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft char *
-.Fn getenv "const char *name"
+.Fo getenv
+.Fa "const char *name"
+.Fc
.Ft int
-.Fn setenv "const char *name" "const char *value" "int overwrite"
+.Fo putenv
+.Fa "char *string"
+.Fc
.Ft int
-.Fn putenv "const char *string"
-.Ft void
-.Fn unsetenv "const char *name"
+.Fo setenv
+.Fa "const char *name"
+.Fa "const char *value"
+.Fa "int overwrite"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo unsetenv
+.Fa "const char *name"
+.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions set, unset and fetch environment variables from the
host
@@ -104,12 +114,26 @@
setenv(name, value, 1);
.Ed
.Pp
+The string pointed to by
+.Fa string
+becomes part of the environment.
+A program should not alter or free the string,
+and should not use stack or other transient string variables
+as arguments to
+.Fn putenv .
+The
+.Fn setenv
+function is strongly preferred to
+.Fn putenv .
+.Pp
The
.Fn unsetenv
function
deletes all instances of the variable name pointed to by
.Fa name
from the list.
+Note that only the variable name (e.g., "NAME") should be given;
+"NAME=value" will not work.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn getenv
@@ -122,20 +146,60 @@
.Dv NULL
is returned.
.Pp
-.Rv -std setenv putenv
+.Rv -std setenv putenv unsetenv
.Sh ERRORS
.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The function
+.Fn unsetenv
+failed because
+.Fa name
+was not found in the environment list.
.It Bq Er ENOMEM
The function
.Fn setenv
or
.Fn putenv
-failed because they were unable to allocate memory for the environment.
+failed because it was unable to allocate memory for the environment.
.El
+.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
+.Pp
+.Ft void
+.br
+.Fo unsetenv
+.Fa "const char *name"
+.Fc ;
+.Pp
+.Fn unsetenv
+doesn't return a value.
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+.Fn putenv
+no longer copies its input buffer.
+This often appears in crash logs as a crash in
+.Fn getenv .
+Avoid passing local buffers or freeing the memory
+that is passed to
+.Fn putenv .
+Use
+.Fn setenv ,
+which still makes an internal copy of its buffers.
+.Pp
+.Fn unsetenv
+no longer parses the variable name;
+e.g., unsetenv ("FOO=BAR") no longer works.
+Use unsetenv("FOO").
+.Fn unsetenv
+also now returns a status value and will set
+.Va errno
+to EINVAL if
+.Fa name
+is not a defined environment variable.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr sh 1 ,
.Xr execve 2 ,
+.Xr compat 5 ,
.Xr environ 7
.Sh STANDARDS
The