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diff --git a/doc/Environment.3 b/doc/Environment.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85880b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Environment.3 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1997-1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH Tcl_PutEnv 3 "7.5" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_PutEnv \- procedures to manipulate the environment +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +.sp +int +\fBTcl_PutEnv\fR(\fIassignment\fR) +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS "const char" *assignment +.AP "const char" *assignment in +Info about environment variable in the format +.QW \fINAME\fB=\fIvalue\fR . +The \fIassignment\fR argument is in the system encoding. +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTcl_PutEnv\fR sets an environment variable. The information is +passed in a single string of the form +.QW \fINAME\fB=\fIvalue\fR . +This procedure is +intended to be a stand-in for the UNIX \fBputenv\fR system call. All +Tcl-based applications using \fBputenv\fR should redefine it to +\fBTcl_PutEnv\fR so that they will interface properly to the Tcl +runtime. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +env(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +environment, variable |