</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-E <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term>
- <term><option>--setenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term>
+ <term><option>-E <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>[=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>]</option></term>
+ <term><option>--setenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>[=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>]</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Runs the service process with the specified environment variable set.
- Also see <varname>Environment=</varname> in
+ <listitem><para>Runs the service process with the specified environment variable set. This parameter
+ may be used more than once to set multiple variables. When <literal>=</literal> and
+ <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable> are omitted, the value of the variable with the same name in the
+ program environment will be used.</para>
+
+ <para>Also see <varname>Environment=</varname> in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
" --nice=NICE Nice level\n"
" --working-directory=PATH Set working directory\n"
" -d --same-dir Inherit working directory from caller\n"
- " -E --setenv=NAME=VALUE Set environment\n"
+ " -E --setenv=NAME[=VALUE] Set environment variable\n"
" -t --pty Run service on pseudo TTY as STDIN/STDOUT/\n"
" STDERR\n"
" -P --pipe Pass STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR directly to service\n"
break;
case 'E':
- if (strv_extend(&arg_environment, optarg) < 0)
- return log_oom();
+ r = strv_env_replace_strdup_passthrough(&arg_environment, optarg);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Cannot assign environment variable %s: %m", optarg);
break;