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clearenv − clear the environment
#include <stdlib.h>
int clearenv(void);
The clearenv() function clears the environment of all name-value pairs and sets the value of the external variable environ to NULL.
The clearenv() function returns zero on success, and a non-zero value on failure.
Not in libc4, libc5. In glibc since glibc 2.0.
Various Unix variants (DG/UX, HP-UX, QNX, ...). POSIX.9 (bindings for FORTRAN77). POSIX.1-1996 did not accept clearenv() and putenv(), but changed its mind and scheduled these functions for some later issue of this standard (cf. B.4.6.1). However, POSIX.1-2001 only adds putenv(), and rejected clearenv().
Used in security-conscious applications. If it is unavailable the assignment
environ = NULL; |
will probably do.
The DG/UX and Tru64 manpages write: If environ has been modified by anything other than the putenv(), getenv(), or clearenv() functions, then clearenv() will return an error and the process environment will remain unchanged.
getenv(3), putenv(3), setenv(3), unsetenv(3), environ(7)
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