[PATCH 14/14] Better documentation of TZ variable
[email protected] Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:40:39 +0000
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From: Bastien Roucariès <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Bastien Roucariès <[email protected]> --- man7/environ.7 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7 index 79f34a302..173c7a1d9 100644 --- a/man7/environ.7 +++ b/man7/environ.7 @@ -217,6 +217,22 @@ Influences the path prefix of names created by and other routines, and the temporary directory used by .BR sort (1) and other programs. +.TP +.B TZ +The +.B TZ +variable along the +.B TZDIR +variable +give timezone information used by +.BR tzset (3) +and through that by functions like +.BR ctime (3), +.BR localtime (3), +.BR mktime (3), +.BR strftime (3). +See also +.BR tzselect (8). .SH INTERNATIONALIZATION ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .TP .B LANG @@ -247,7 +263,7 @@ the applications used by user. .B COLUMNS This variable is a positive or zero decimal integer used to indicate the user's preferred width in column positions for the terminal screen or window. -If this variable is unset or set to zero, the applications determines +If this variable is unset, set to zero or empty, the applications determines the number of columns, appropriate for the terminal or window. When .B COLUMNS @@ -267,7 +283,7 @@ such as to display data in an area arbitrarily smaller than the terminal or wind .B LINES This variable is a positive or zero decimal integer used to indicate the user's preferred number of lines for the terminal screen or window. -If this variable is unset or set to zero, the applications determines +If this variable is unset, set to zero or empty, the applications determines the number of lines, appropriate for the terminal or window. When .B LINES @@ -338,17 +354,6 @@ to be used with The name of the logged-in user (used by some BSD-derived programs). Set a login time, see section NOTES below. .IP * -.BR TZ " and " TZDIR -give timezone information used by -.BR tzset (3) -and through that by functions like -.BR ctime (3), -.BR localtime (3), -.BR mktime (3), -.BR strftime (3). -See also -.BR tzselect (8). -.IP * .B TERMCAP gives information on how to address a given terminal (or gives the name of a file containing such information). @@ -370,6 +375,9 @@ and should be reasonably portable. .PP .B PATH behavior is specified by POSIX.1-2017. +.PP +.B TZ +behavior is specified by POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD. .SH NOTES The .BR prctl (2)