The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 8
IEEE Std 1003.1-2024
Copyright © 2001-2024 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

unsetenv — remove an environment variable

SYNOPSIS

[CX] [Option Start] #include <stdlib.h>

int unsetenv(const char *
name); [Option End]

DESCRIPTION

The unsetenv() function shall remove an environment variable from the environment of the calling process. The name argument points to a string, which is the name of the variable to be removed. The named argument shall not contain an '=' character. If the named variable does not exist in the current environment, the environment shall be unchanged and the function is considered to have completed successfully.

The unsetenv() function shall update the list of pointers to which environ points.

The unsetenv() function need not be thread-safe.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, zero shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned, errno set to indicate the error, and the environment shall be unchanged.

ERRORS

The unsetenv() function shall fail if:

[EINVAL]
The name argument points to an empty string, or points to a string containing an '=' character.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

Refer to the RATIONALE section in setenv .

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

getenv , setenv

XBD <stdlib.h> , <sys/types.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 6. Derived from the IEEE P1003.1a draft standard.

Issue 7

Austin Group Interpretation 1003.1-2001 #156 is applied.

POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0698 [167] and XSH/TC1-2008/0699 [185] are applied.

End of informative text.

 

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