bin/65649: Add `-u name' option to env(1)
Garrett Wollman
wollman at khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
Sat Apr 17 10:40:18 PDT 2004
The following reply was made to PR bin/65649; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Garrett Wollman <wollman at khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To: Jos Backus <jos at catnook.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at 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 at 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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