Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:40:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/65649: Add `-u name' option to env(1) Message-ID: <200404171740.i3HHeIJU002121@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/65649; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/65649: Add `-u name' option to env(1) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:36:19 -0400 (EDT) <<On 17 Apr 2004 04:54:52 -0000, Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> said: > This patch adds the `-u name' option to env(1). For a rationale of why > this is useful (besides compatibility with GNU coreutils), see this > post: I can see the compatibility argument, but I think the utility is a bit of a stretch. Anything that `env -u FOO COMMAND' can do, you can do with: (unset FOO; COMMAND) -GAWollman
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