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Application Usage
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Copyright
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
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IEEE/The Open Group 2017 UNSETENV(3POSIX)
Description
The unsetenv() function shall remove an environment variable from the environment of the calling process.
The name argument points to a string, which is the name of the variable to be removed. The named argument
shall not contain an '=' character. If the named variable does not exist in the current environment, the
environment shall be unchanged and the function is considered to have completed successfully.
The unsetenv() function shall update the list of pointers to which environ points.
The unsetenv() function need not be thread-safe.
Errors
The unsetenv() function shall fail if:
EINVAL The name argument points to an empty string, or points to a string containing an '=' character.
Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.Examples
None.
Future Directions
None.
Name
unsetenv — remove an environment variable
Prolog
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface
may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface
may not be implemented on Linux.
Rationale
Refer to the RATIONALE section in setenv().
Return Value
Upon successful completion, zero shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned, errno set to
indicate the error, and the environment shall be unchanged.
See Also
getenv(), setenv()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <stdlib.h>, <sys_types.h>Synopsis
#include <stdlib.h>
int unsetenv(const char *name);
