[PATCH 2/3] doc: askenv: Reword and remove return value
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Tue Oct 21 22:25:33 CEST 2025
With the addition of general text about how the return value is handled,
remove the examples from the askenv documentation as they are all normal
expected results.
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
---
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
---
doc/usage/cmd/askenv.rst | 27 +++------------------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/askenv.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/askenv.rst
index e2b3c5379aea..a8867ce4d266 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/askenv.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/askenv.rst
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ Value of a environment variable env1 without message and size parameters:
::
- => askenv env1;echo $?
+ => askenv env1
Please enter 'env1': val1
- 0
=> printenv env1
env1=val1
@@ -52,9 +51,8 @@ Value of a environment variable env2 with message and size parameters:
::
- => askenv env2 Please type-in a value for env2: 10;echo $?
+ => askenv env2 Please type-in a value for env2: 10
Please type-in a value for env2: 1234567890123
- 0
=> printenv env2
env2=1234567890
@@ -62,31 +60,12 @@ Value of a environment variable env3 with size parameter only:
::
- => askenv env3 10;echo $?
+ => askenv env3 10
Please enter 'env3': val3
- 0
=> printenv env3
env3=val3
-Return Value of askenv command, when used without any other arguments:
-
-::
-
- => askenv;echo $?
- askenv - get environment variables from stdin
-
- Usage:
- askenv name [message] [size]
- - display 'message' and get environment variable 'name' from stdin (max 'size' chars)
- 1
-
Configuration
-------------
The askenv command is only available if CMD_ASKENV=y
-
-Return value
-------------
-
-The return value $? is set to 0 (true).
-If no other arguments are specified (along with askenv), it is set to 1 (false).
--
2.43.0
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