.\" Noted nonstandard behavior of setenv() if name contains '='
.\" 2005-08-12, mtk, glibc 2.3.4 fixed the "name contains '='" bug
.\"
-.TH SETENV 3 2009-09-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SETENV 3 2013-10-11 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setenv \- change or add an environment variable
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IR overwrite
is zero, then the value of
.I name
-is not
-changed.
+is not changed (and
+.BR setenv ()
+returns a success status).
This function makes copies of the strings pointed to by
.I name
and