From 8b4f995accce84e16777644c66c6e16068d86221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tim J. Robbins" Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:31:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the fairly obvious effects of the PATH environment variable. --- usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1 | 8 +++++++- usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1 | 10 ++++++++++ usr.bin/time/time.1 | 8 ++++++++ 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1 b/usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1 index e4f3ff9362c6..aab70df9346c 100644 --- a/usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1 +++ b/usr.bin/nohup/nohup.1 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Consult the .Xr builtin 1 manual page. .Sh ENVIRONMENT -The following variable is utilized by +The following variables are utilized by .Nm : .Bl -tag -width flag .It Ev HOME @@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ cannot be created in the current directory, the utility uses the directory named by .Ev HOME to create the file. +.It Ev PATH +Used to locate the requested +.Ar command +if the name contains no +.Ql / +characters. .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The diff --git a/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1 b/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1 index 120918afd0ad..b999f46fab44 100644 --- a/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1 +++ b/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1 @@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ this way also allows one to reference .Pa foo without the path, as well as set up the environment as desired. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The +.Nm env +utility uses the +.Ev PATH +environment variable is used to locate the requested +.Ar utility +if the name contains no +.Ql / +characters. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Ex -std printenv .Pp diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.1 b/usr.bin/time/time.1 index 68db3375dbe4..45d58955685b 100644 --- a/usr.bin/time/time.1 +++ b/usr.bin/time/time.1 @@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the .Xr builtin 1 manual page. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The +.Ev PATH +environment variable is used to locate the requested +.Ar utility +if the name contains no +.Ql / +characters. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS If .Ar utility