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1.1     ! root        1: .TH ENVIRON 5
        !             2: .CT 2 proc_man
        !             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
        !             9: made available by
        !            10: .IR exec (2)
        !            11: when a process begins.
        !            12: By convention these strings have either the form
        !            13: .IB name = value ,
        !            14: defining a variable, or
        !            15: .IB name (){ value } ,
        !            16: defining a function; see
        !            17: .IR sh (1).
        !            18: The following variables are used by various commands:
        !            19: .TF TERMCAP
        !            20: .TP
        !            21: .B PATH
        !            22: The sequence of directory prefixes that
        !            23: .I sh,
        !            24: .IR time (1),
        !            25: .IR nice (1),
        !            26: etc.,
        !            27: apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete path name.
        !            28: The prefixes are separated by 
        !            29: .LR : .
        !            30: .IR Login (8)
        !            31: sets
        !            32: .LR PATH=:/bin:/usr/bin .
        !            33: .PD
        !            34: .TP
        !            35: .B HOME
        !            36: A user's login directory, set by
        !            37: .IR login (8)
        !            38: from the password file
        !            39: .IR passwd (5).
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: .B TERM
        !            42: The kind of terminal for which output is to be prepared.
        !            43: This information is used by commands, such as
        !            44: .I nroff
        !            45: or
        !            46: .IR plot (1),
        !            47: which may exploit special terminal capabilities.
        !            48: Some customary values of
        !            49: .B TERM
        !            50: are
        !            51: .BR 2621 
        !            52: (HP),
        !            53: .BR 4014 
        !            54: (Tektronix),
        !            55: .BR 5620 
        !            56: (Teletype), and
        !            57: .BR 630 
        !            58: (Teletype).
        !            59: See
        !            60: .FR /etc/termcap ,
        !            61: described in
        !            62: .IR termcap (5),
        !            63: for a longer list.
        !            64: .TP
        !            65: .B SHELL
        !            66: The name of the login shell.
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: The environment may be queried by
        !            69: .IR getenv (3)
        !            70: or by the
        !            71: .L set
        !            72: or
        !            73: .L whatis
        !            74: commands of
        !            75: .IR sh (1).
        !            76: Names may be placed in the environment by the
        !            77: .L export
        !            78: command and by 
        !            79: .IB name = value
        !            80: arguments of
        !            81: .IR sh (1).
        !            82: Names may also be placed in the environment at the point of an
        !            83: .IR exec (2).
        !            84: It is unwise to conflict with
        !            85: certain
        !            86: .IR sh (1)
        !            87: variables that are frequently exported by
        !            88: .F .profile
        !            89: files:
        !            90: .BR MAIL ,
        !            91: .BR PS1 ,
        !            92: .BR PS2 ,
        !            93: .BR IFS .
        !            94: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            95: .IR sh (1),
        !            96: .IR printenv (1),
        !            97: .IR exec (2),
        !            98: .IR getenv (3),
        !            99: .IR term (6)
        !           100: .SH BUGS
        !           101: Function definitions in the environment break some old programs,
        !           102: including old shells.

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