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1.1     ! root        1: .TH ENVIRON 7 "5 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: environ \- user environment
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B extern char **environ;
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: An array of strings called the `environment' is made available by
        !             9: .IR execve (2)
        !            10: when a process begins.  By convention these strings have the form
        !            11: .RI ` name = value '.
        !            12: The following names are used by various commands:
        !            13: .TP "\w'TERMCAP 'u"
        !            14: PATH
        !            15: The sequence of directory prefixes that
        !            16: .I sh, time,
        !            17: .IR nice (1),
        !            18: etc., apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete path name.
        !            19: The prefixes are separated by `:'.
        !            20: .IR Login (1)
        !            21: sets PATH=:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin.
        !            22: .TP
        !            23: HOME
        !            24: A user's login directory, set by
        !            25: .IR login (1)
        !            26: from the password file
        !            27: .IR passwd (5).
        !            28: .TP
        !            29: TERM
        !            30: The kind of terminal for which output is to be prepared.
        !            31: This information is used by commands, such as
        !            32: .I nroff
        !            33: or
        !            34: .IR plot (1G),
        !            35: which may exploit special terminal capabilities.  See
        !            36: .I /etc/termcap
        !            37: .RI ( termcap (5))
        !            38: for a list of terminal types.
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: SHELL
        !            41: The file name of the users login shell.
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: TERMCAP
        !            44: The string describing the terminal in TERM, or the name of the termcap file, see
        !            45: .IR termcap (5), termcap (3X).
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: EXINIT
        !            48: A startup list of commands read by
        !            49: .IR ex (1),
        !            50: .IR edit (1),
        !            51: and
        !            52: .IR vi (1).
        !            53: .TP
        !            54: USER
        !            55: The login name of the user.
        !            56: .TP
        !            57: PRINTER
        !            58: The name of the default printer to be used by
        !            59: .IR lpr (1),
        !            60: .IR lpq (1),
        !            61: and
        !            62: .IR lprm (1).
        !            63: .PP
        !            64: Further names may be placed in the environment by the
        !            65: .I export
        !            66: command and `name=value' arguments in
        !            67: .IR sh (1),
        !            68: or by the
        !            69: .I setenv
        !            70: command if you use
        !            71: .IR csh (1).
        !            72: Arguments may also be placed in the environment at the point of an
        !            73: .IR execve (2).
        !            74: It is unwise to conflict with certain 
        !            75: .IR sh (1)
        !            76: variables that are frequently exported by `.profile' files:
        !            77: MAIL, PS1, PS2, IFS.
        !            78: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            79: csh(1),
        !            80: ex(1),
        !            81: login(1),
        !            82: sh(1),
        !            83: execve(2),
        !            84: system(3),
        !            85: termcap(3X),
        !            86: termcap(5)

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