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diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7 index cfd822fdce..f8cc7f870b 100644 --- a/man7/environ.7 +++ b/man7/environ.7 @@ -78,11 +78,15 @@ by \fBLC_ALL\fP or more specific environment variables like .BR locale (5). .TP .B PATH -The sequence of directory prefixes that \fBsh\fP(1) and many other +The sequence of directory prefixes that +.BR sh (1) +and many other programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete pathname. The prefixes are separated by `\fB:\fP'. (Similarly one has \fBCDPATH\fP used by some shells to find the target -of a change directory command, \fBMANPATH\fP used by \fBman\fP(1) to +of a change directory command, \fBMANPATH\fP used by +.BR man (1) +to find manual pages, etc.) .TP .B PWD @@ -133,7 +137,8 @@ etc. influence locale handling, cf. .B TMPDIR influences the path prefix of names created by \fBtmpnam(3)\fP and other routines, the temporary directory used by -\fBsort\fP(1) and other programs, etc. +.BR sort (1) +and other programs, etc. .LP .BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH ", " LD_PRELOAD and other LD_* variables influence @@ -143,12 +148,15 @@ the behaviour of the dynamic loader/linker. makes certain programs and library routines follow the prescriptions of POSIX. .LP -The behaviour of \fBmalloc\fP(3) is influenced by MALLOC_* variables. +The behaviour of +.BR malloc (3) +is influenced by MALLOC_* variables. .LP The variable .B HOSTALIASES gives the name of a file containing aliases -to be used with \fBgethostbyname\fP(3). +to be used with +.BR gethostbyname (3). .LP .BR TZ " and " TZDIR give time zone information used by |