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authorErik Sjölund <erik.sjolund@gmail.com>2022-06-19 08:23:33 +0200
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[CI:DOCS] Rewrite --env docs
* Add docs about trailing * functionality in podman-exec.1.md * Rewrite --env description in podman-create.1.md and podman-run.1.md * Rewrite the --env examples in podman-create.1.md and podman-run.1.md Signed-off-by: Erik Sjölund <erik.sjolund@gmail.com>
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@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ You need to specify multi option commands in the form of a json string.
Set environment variables.
-This option allows arbitrary environment variables that are available for the process to be launched inside of the container. If an environment variable is specified without a value, Podman will check the host environment for a value and set the variable only if it is set on the host. If an environment variable ending in __*__ is specified, Podman will search the host environment for variables starting with the prefix and will add those variables to the container. If an environment variable with a trailing __*__ is specified, then a value must be supplied.
+This option allows arbitrary environment variables that are available for the process to be launched inside of the container. If an environment variable is specified without a value, Podman will check the host environment for a value and set the variable only if it is set on the host. As a special case, if an environment variable ending in __*__ is specified without a value, Podman will search the host environment for variables starting with the prefix and will add those variables to the container.
See [**Environment**](#environment) note below for precedence and examples.
@@ -1982,15 +1982,15 @@ in the following order of precedence (later entries override earlier entries):
- **--env-file**: Any environment variables specified via env-files. If multiple files specified, then they override each other in order of entry.
- **--env**: Any environment variables specified will override previous settings.
-Run containers and set the environment ending with a __*__ and a __*****__:
+Run containers and set the environment ending with a __*__.
+The trailing __*__ glob functionality is only active when no value is specified:
```
$ export ENV1=a
-$ podman run --env ENV* alpine printenv ENV1
-a
-
-$ podman run --env ENV*****=b alpine printenv ENV*****
-b
+$ podman run --env 'ENV*' alpine env | grep ENV
+ENV1=a
+$ podman run --env 'ENV*=b' alpine env | grep ENV
+ENV*=b
```
## CONMON