---
name: "envdir"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "daemontools"
version: "1:0.76-14"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/envdir"
---

# envdir(8)

runs another program with environment modified according to files in a specified directory.

## NAME

envdir - runs another program with environment modified according to files in a specified directory.

## SYNOPSIS

**envdir** *d* *child*

## DESCRIPTION

*d* is a single argument. *child* consists of one or more arguments.

**envdir** sets various environment variables as specified by files in the directory named *d*. It then runs *child*.

If *d* contains a file named *s* whose first line is *t*, **envdir** removes an environment variable named *s* if one exists, and then adds an environment variable named *s* with value *t*. The name *s* must not contain =. Spaces and tabs at the end of *t* are removed. Nulls in *t* are changed to newlines in the environment variable.

If the file *s* is completely empty (0 bytes long), **envdir** removes an environment variable named *s* if one exists, without adding a new variable.

## EXIT CODES

**envdir** exits 111 if it has trouble reading *d*, if it runs out of memory for environment variables, or if it cannot run *child*. Otherwise its exit code is the same as that of *child*.

## SEE ALSO

[supervise(8)](/supervise/8.md), [svc(8)](/svc/8.md), [svok(8)](/svok/8.md), [svstat(8)](/svstat/8.md), [svscanboot(8)](/svscanboot/8.md), [svscan(8)](/svscan/8.md), [readproctitle(8)](/readproctitle/8.md), [fghack(8)](/fghack/8.md), [pgrphack(8)](/pgrphack/8.md), [multilog(8)](/multilog/8.md), [tai64n(8)](/tai64n/8.md), [tai64nlocal(8)](/tai64nlocal/8.md), [setuidgid(8)](/setuidgid/8.md), [envuidgid(8)](/envuidgid/8.md), [softlimit(8)](/softlimit/8.md), [setlock(8)](/setlock/8.md)

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