environ.7: Minor tweaks to Bastien's patch

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2021-01-28 12:02:58 +01:00
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By convention, the strings in
.I environ
have the form "\fIname\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP".
Names of environment variables are case-sensitive and must not contain
the character "\fB=\fP". The values of environment variables can be anything
that can be represented as a string. A value and a name must not contain an
embedded null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq),
The name is case-sensitive and may not contain
the character "\fB=\fP".
The value can be anything that can be represented as a string.
The name and the value may not contain an embedded null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq),
since this is assumed to terminate the string.
.PP
Common examples are: