execline
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The emptyenv program

emptyenv empties the current environment, or cleans it up; then executes a program.

Interface

     emptyenv [ -p ] prog...
     emptyenv -c prog...
     emptyenv [ -o ] [ -P ] prog...

By default, emptyenv unsets all environment variables, then execs into prog with its arguments. Options control which environment variables are unset.

Options

• -p : keep the PATH environment variable.
• -c : clean up. Do not empty the environment. Instead, remove every variable used internally by the execline programs, to avoid any interference with or information leakage to external programs.
• -o : pop environment variables starting with ELGETOPT_. You might want to do this before executing a final program from a script that uses elgetopt.
• -P : pop environment variables starting with #, 0 to 9, and EXECLINE_. You might want to do this before executing a final program from a script launched by execlineb.