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-.TH ENVIRON 7 2009-07-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ENVIRON 7 2014-01-18 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
environ \- user environment
.SH SYNOPSIS
The name of a locale to use for locale categories when not overridden
by
.B LC_ALL
-or more specific environment variables like
+or more specific environment variables such as
.BR LC_COLLATE ,
.BR LC_CTYPE ,
.BR LC_MESSAGES ,
.BR LC_MONETARY ,
.BR LC_NUMERIC ,
-.BR LC_TIME ,
-cf.
-.BR locale (5).
+and
+.BR LC_TIME
+(see
+.BR locale (7)
+for further details of the
+.BR LC_*
+environment variables).
.TP
.B PATH
The sequence of directory prefixes that
The variables
.BR LANG ", " LANGUAGE ", " NLSPATH ", " LOCPATH ", "
.BR LC_ALL ", " LC_MESSAGES ", "
-etc. influence locale handling, cf.
-.BR locale (5).
+and so on influence locale handling; see
+.BR catopen (3),
+.BR gettext (3),
+and
+.BR locale (7).
.LP
.B TMPDIR
influences the path prefix of names created by
.BR tmpnam (3)
-and other routines, the temporary directory used by
+and other routines, and the temporary directory used by
.BR sort (1)
-and other programs, etc.
+and other programs.
.LP
.BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH ", " LD_PRELOAD
and other LD_* variables influence
.BR putenv (3),
.BR setenv (3),
.BR unsetenv (3),
-.BR locale (5)
+.BR locale (7)