To unset a variable, just specify its name, without "=". For example: const char *env[] = {"GIT_DIR=.git", "PWD", NULL}; const char *argv[] = {"git-ls-files", "-s", NULL}; int err = run_command_v_opt_cd_env(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD, ".", env); The PWD will be unset before executing git-ls-files. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> --- Alex Riesen, Wed, May 23, 2007 01:14:42 +0200: > > Because you _scan_ the whole string in your patch to see if it > > ends with = anyway, a trivial improvement would be to do: > > > > if (strchr(cmd->env, '=')) > > putenv(cmd->env); > > else > > unsetenv(cmd->env); > > I like this one. The env field in struct child_process and run_command > will have to mention it in comments (in run-command.h), it's kind of > special. > run-command.c | 8 ++++++-- run-command.h | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index 605aa1e..3b1899e 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd) die("exec %s: cd to %s failed (%s)", cmd->argv[0], cmd->dir, strerror(errno)); if (cmd->env) { - for (; *cmd->env; cmd->env++) - putenv((char*)*cmd->env); + for (; *cmd->env; cmd->env++) { + if (strchr(*cmd->env, '=')) + putenv((char*)*cmd->env); + else + unsetenv(*cmd->env); + } } if (cmd->git_cmd) { execv_git_cmd(cmd->argv); diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h index af1e0bf..7958eb1 100644 --- a/run-command.h +++ b/run-command.h @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ int run_command(struct child_process *); #define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR 4 int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt); int run_command_v_opt_cd(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir); + +/* + * env (the environment) is to be formatted like environ: "VAR=VALUE". + * To unset an environment variable use just "VAR". + */ int run_command_v_opt_cd_env(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir, const char *const *env); #endif -- 1.5.2.67.gbd3c2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html