04-04-2015
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Don Cragun
(or an environment variable they can set to choose the viewer they want and select and document the default viewer your program will use if the option or environment variable is not set.)
This environment variable is likely to already exist.
The PAGER variable, used at least by the "man" command, typically contains "less" or "more".
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apache_setenv - Set an Apache subprocess_env variable
SYNOPSIS
bool apache_setenv (string $variable, string $value, [bool $walk_to_top = false])
DESCRIPTION
apache_setenv(3) sets the value of the Apache environment variable specified by $variable.
Note
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PARAMETERS
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RETURN VALUES
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Setting an Apache environment variable using apache_setenv(3)
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?>
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apache_getenv(3).
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