>> getenv()
 BS>   OK so far...
 >> setenv(), putenv(), unsetenv()
 BS>   No guaranteed portability by any standards!
As I said, putenv() was in one of the drafts of ISO IEC 9445-1:1993 (although 
whether it made it into the final standard I don't know), and is also 
documented in the Single UNIX Specification, version 2 on page 672.  Since 
Jamie Kowinsky is targetting a UNIX platform (HP/UX) and a UNIX-like platform 
(linux), warning him off using putenv() is not a very helpful thing to do, 
since the basis for your warning isn't really very solid.
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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