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From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <Andrej DOT Borsenkow AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru>
To: <Cygwin AT Sourceware DOT Cygnus DOT Com>
Subject: putenv() - copying environment string violates Unix specs?
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:00:26 +0400
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According to putenv() description SUS V2, the argument is used "as is"
and never copied. Cygwin version of putenv() explicitly copies argument
(actually, multiple times - first in putenv() and then in setenv()).
This is horribly confusing for programs that expect to manage
environment strings themselves and/or have own memory allocator (like
Zsh). It means, that every use must be checked and free'ing of
environment string put under #ifdef __CYGWIN__

Is there any particular reason for this? Is there any chance that it may
be changed to be more Unix-compatible?

-andrej

Have a nice DOS!
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