>From roland.mainz at nrubsig.org Fri May 4 20:41:46 2007 > >Don Cragun wrote: >[snip] >> > these changes be reflected in environ(5) as well? >> >> Absolutely, if these changes are made. > >Slightly offtopic: Should environ(5) track per-shell configuration files >like /etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc, /etc/ksh.kshrc and their per-user >counterparts, e.g. ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc and ~/.kshrc ?
No. Per-shell configuration files should be documented on the corresponding shell man pages, not on environ(5). If environment variables that affect applications are given default values by the configuration files, the environ(5) man page should document the defaults. - Don > >---- > >Bye, >Roland
