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6.1.8 @env{environment-variable}

Use the @env command to indicate environment variables, as used by many operating systems, including GNU. Do not use it for metasyntactic variables; use @var for those (see the previous section).

@env is equivalent to @code in its effects. For example:

The @env{PATH} environment variable …

produces

The PATH environment variable …