unsetenv(3C) Standard C Library Functions unsetenv(3C)NAMEunsetenv - remove an environment variable
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int unsetenv(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The unsetenv() function removes an environment variable from the envi‐
ronment of the calling process. The name argument points to a string
that is the name of the variable to be removed. The named argument can‐
not contain an '=' character. If the named variable does not exist in
the current environment, the environment is unchanged and the function
is considered to have completed successfully.
If the application modifies environ or the pointers to which it points,
the behavior of unsetenv() is undefined. The unsetenv() function
updates the list of pointers to which environ points.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned,
errno set to indicate the error, and the environment is left unchanged.
ERRORS
The unsetenv() function will fail if:
EINVAL The name argument is a null pointer, points to an empty
string, or points to a string containing an '=' charac‐
ter.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOgetenv(3C), setenv(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 1 Nov 2003 unsetenv(3C)
