From d810c8199ed889928e2db8ead3f86c37ab653158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:02:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] environ.7: Minor tweaks to Bastien's patch Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/environ.7 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7 index f683b6028..8f89ba86b 100644 --- a/man7/environ.7 +++ b/man7/environ.7 @@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ of its parent's environment. 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: