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> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:01:31 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> 
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Michel de Ruiter wrote:
> 
> > > If at all, we could make 'unlink("/dev/env/FOO");' a synonym
> > > for removing environment variable FOO, with an error returned
> > > if it doesn't exist.
> > 
> > Shouldn't this remove the filename *contained* in the variable
> > FOO? 
> 
> No. Why should $FOO be a file name?

If it isn't, that `unlink' will fail.

Here's one example when $FOO *is* a file name:

       unlink("/dev/env/DJGPP");

(Kids, don't do try that at home! ;-)