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diff --git a/doc/Environment.3 b/doc/Environment.3 index 7f92d48..3753f43 100644 --- a/doc/Environment.3 +++ b/doc/Environment.3 @@ -14,21 +14,25 @@ Tcl_PutEnv \- procedures to manipulate the environment \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR .sp int -\fBTcl_PutEnv\fR(\fIstring\fR) +\fBTcl_PutEnv\fR(\fIassignment\fR) .SH ARGUMENTS -.AP "CONST char" *string in -Info about environment variable in the form NAME=value. -The \fIstring\fR argument is in the system encoding. +.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 NAME=value. This procedure 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 +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" +tclvars(n) .SH KEYWORDS environment, variable |