environ.7: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Note that the behavior of many programs and library routines is
influenced by the presence or value of certain environment variables.
A random collection:
.LP
Examples include the following:
.IP * 3
The variables
.BR LANG ", " LANGUAGE ", " NLSPATH ", " LOCPATH ", "
.BR LC_ALL ", " LC_MESSAGES ", "
@ -183,34 +183,34 @@ and so on influence locale handling; see
.BR gettext (3),
and
.BR locale (7).
.LP
.IP *
.B TMPDIR
influences the path prefix of names created by
.BR tmpnam (3)
and other routines, and the temporary directory used by
.BR sort (1)
and other programs.
.LP
.IP *
.BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH ", " LD_PRELOAD
and other LD_* variables influence
the behavior of the dynamic loader/linker.
.LP
.IP *
.B POSIXLY_CORRECT
makes certain programs and library routines follow
the prescriptions of POSIX.
.LP
.IP *
The behavior of
.BR malloc (3)
is influenced by
.B MALLOC_*
variables.
.LP
.IP *
The variable
.B HOSTALIASES
gives the name of a file containing aliases
to be used with
.BR gethostbyname (3).
.LP
.IP *
.BR TZ " and " TZDIR
give timezone information used by
.BR tzset (3)
@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ and through that by functions like
.BR strftime (3).
See also
.BR tzselect (8).
.LP
.IP *
.B TERMCAP
gives information on how to address a given terminal
(or gives the name of a file containing such information).
.LP
.IP *
.BR COLUMNS " and " LINES
tell applications about the window size, possibly overriding the actual size.
.LP
.IP *
.BR PRINTER " or " LPDEST
may specify the desired printer to use.
See