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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-01-30 08:21:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-01-30 08:21:34 +0100 |
| commit | 95d690a2491e51a7c274a332b9c0d59f7ef4ebec (patch) | |
| tree | 4786d52222aecab2081a79329d50d0cbdb82dc97 | |
| parent | d0281fa3d05c9d1ea223e3aebaab12a8d73613ef (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-95d690a2491e51a7c274a332b9c0d59f7ef4ebec.tar.gz | |
environ.7: wfix in description of PATH
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/environ.7 | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7 index 8f89ba86bc..dd35050b25 100644 --- a/man7/environ.7 +++ b/man7/environ.7 @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ environment variables). The sequence of directory prefixes that .BR sh (1) and many other -programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete pathname. +programs employ when searching for an executable file that is specified +as a simple filename (containing no slashes). The prefixes are separated by \(aq\fB:\fP\(aq. (Similarly one has .B CDPATH |
