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| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/rc/rc.subr | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 | 16 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.subr b/libexec/rc/rc.subr index 93d2cfda87b7..4ae3c7ec1084 100644 --- a/libexec/rc/rc.subr +++ b/libexec/rc/rc.subr @@ -1036,6 +1036,9 @@ run_rc_command() _postcmd=\$${rc_arg}_postcmd if [ -n "$_cmd" ]; then + if [ -n "$_env" ]; then + eval "export -- $_env" + fi _run_rc_precmd || return 1 _run_rc_doit "$_cmd $rc_extra_args" || return 1 _run_rc_postcmd diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 index e039d148744d..f506c143cade 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 5, 2019 +.Dd September 5, 2019 .Dt RC.SUBR 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -559,9 +559,19 @@ is mounted. A list of environment variables to run .Va command with. -This will be passed as arguments to the +Those variables will be passed as arguments to the .Xr env 1 -utility. +utility unless +.Ar argument Ns Va _cmd +is defined. +In that case the contents of +.Va ${name}_env +will be exported via the +.Xr export 1 +builtin of +.Xr sh 1 , +which puts some limitations on the names of variables +(e.g., a variable name may not start with a digit). .It Va ${name}_env_file A file to source for environmental variables to run .Va command |