From 87a2f0914943a73b014fb80d5a1eef01fe04afcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: espie <> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:27:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] getenv() result is read-only, unless you're looking for trouble. --- src/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 index 24a8d3d0..ed89ccbe 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: getenv.3,v 1.2 1996/08/10 05:03:00 tholo Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getenv.3,v 1.3 1998/11/10 22:27:30 espie Exp $ .\" .Dd December 11, 1993 .Dt GETENV 3 @@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ return zero if successful; otherwise the global variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error and a \-1 is returned. +.Pp +If +.Fn getenv +is succesful, the string returned should be considered read-only. .Sh ERRORS .Bl -tag -width [ENOMEM] .It Bq Er ENOMEM