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14.Dd "Dec 20, 2014"
15.Dt CLEARENV 3C
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm clearenv
19.Nd clear environment
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.In stdlib.h
22.Ft int
23.Fo clearenv
24.Fa void
25.Fc
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27The
28.Fn clearenv
29function clears the contents of the environment. All environment variables in
30the calling process are removed as though the function
31.Xr unsetenv 3C
32had been called on every environment variable. Until subsequent calls to
33.Xr putenv 3C
34or
35.Xr setenv 3C
36are made, calls to
37.Xr getenv 3C
38will always return
39.Sy NULL .
40.Sh RETURN VALUES
41Upon successful completion,
42.Fn clearenv
43returns
44.Sy 0 .
45Otherwise, it returns a non-zero value and sets
46.Sy errno
47to indicate the error. At this time, no errors are defined for
48.Fn clearenv ,
49it will always succeed. Portable applications should always check the return
50value of
51.Fn clearenv .
52.Sh ERRORS
53No errors are defined.
54.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
55.Sy Committed .
56.Sh MT-LEVEL
57.Sy Mt-Safe .
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr getenv 3C ,
60.Xr unsetenv 3C ,
61.Xr setenv 3C ,
62.Xr attributes 5 ,
63.Xr environ 5 ,
64.Xr standards 5
65