Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Originating-IP: [86.21.161.213] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=J5VXl1TS c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=oo3MgO7t/4XyXFuSzI3dDQ==:117 a=oo3MgO7t/4XyXFuSzI3dDQ==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=q2GGsy2AAAAA:8 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=t-IPkPogAAAA:8 a=Mob1a5e7QqKLPTnbkCAA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=8cc4vwO5-n0A:10 a=z9dJwno5l634igLiVhy-:22 a=Bn2pgwyD2vrAyMmN8A2t:22 a=TwOW_m0CY6OjrxjWeTv9:22 Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 20:12:17 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: leading '=' in enviroment variable truncated Message-ID: <20160508201217.5924511a@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <160508105949.ZM9904@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <160508105949.ZM9904@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Seq: zsh-workers 38430 On Sun, 8 May 2016 10:59:49 -0700 Bart Schaefer wrote: > On May 7, 4:21pm, Jacob Lowe wrote: > } > } https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/issues/140 > } > } TEST='=FOO' node -e 'console.log(process.env.TEST)' > } > } This spits out "FOO" with no leading "=". > > As mentioned in the dotenv issue, this happens only on OSX. I've just > confirmed that it's a problem either with the library implementations > of setenv() / unsetenv(), or with zsh's use of them. If I comment out > HAVE_SETENV / HAVE_UNSETENV from config.h and rebuild zsh, I am no > longer able to reproduce the problem. This appears to be a feature. https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/System/Conceptual/ManPages_iPhoneOS/man3/setenv.3.html These functions set, unset and fetch environment variables from the host environment list. For compatibility with differing environment conven-tions, conventions, the given arguments name and value may be appended and prepended, respectively, with an equal sign ``=''. Very useful, if I may say so. pws