Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:59:36 +0100 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: where environment variable MAIL was set? Message-ID: <460CDF88.90002@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070330090734.GA1336@airfish.power.org> References: <20070330090734.GA1336@airfish.power.org>
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Zheng Tianyu wrote:
> Hi, All
>
> My account name is airfish, after I sued to root, I found that the
> environment variable MAIL remained MAIL=/var/mail/airfish. As a result,
> when I start mutt, it opens the airfish's mailbox. That's not what i
> desired. But I can't find where the MAIL is set. Should I unsetenv MAIL
> in my root's login file?
>From the manpage:
By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of USER,
HOME, and SHELL.
and
-l Simulate a full login. The environment is discarded except for
HOME, SHELL, PATH, TERM, and USER. HOME and SHELL are
modified as above.
Vince
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