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Refer to new POSIX:2008 standard.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:38:13 +0100
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@node setenv
@section @code{setenv}
@findex setenv

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/setenv.html}

Gnulib module: setenv

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
AIX 4.3.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, mingw, BeOS.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
In some versions of glibc (e.g.@: 2.3.3), @code{setenv} doesn't fail if the
first argument contains a @samp{=} character.
@end itemize