Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] Creating the env for the child process
Date: Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020, 18:16:23

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    ...
    > What is a good way to handle adding new env variables when executing a
    > child process? Since the array passed into the exec functions must be
    > static, reallocing envp[] doesn't seem like an option.
    >
    > is the only way to make a new static array each time and copy stuff around?

As stated in the specification:

  7. To use getenv(), setenv(), or putenv() to get or set environment variables,
     you must first #define _GNU_SOURCE since they are not part of the ANSI
     Standard.

--Stan-