std::env module
E440680
The std::env module in Rust provides functions and types for interacting with the process’s environment, including environment variables, command-line arguments, and current working directory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| std::env module canonical | 1 |
| std::env::ArgsOs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4443948 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: std::env module Context triple: [std (Rust crate), contains, std::env module]
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A.
Env API
Env API is the core interface specification in OpenAI Gym that standardizes how reinforcement learning environments interact with agents through methods like reset, step, and render.
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B.
Deno
Deno is a modern, secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime created by Ryan Dahl as a successor to Node.js, featuring built-in TypeScript support and a permission-based security model.
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C.
virtualenv
virtualenv is a widely used Python tool that creates isolated environments to manage project-specific dependencies and avoid conflicts between packages.
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D.
DG Environment
DG Environment is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU environmental policies and legislation.
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E.
rbenv
rbenv is a lightweight command-line tool that lets developers install and switch between multiple Ruby versions on a per-project or global basis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: std::env module Target entity description: The std::env module in Rust provides functions and types for interacting with the process’s environment, including environment variables, command-line arguments, and current working directory.
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A.
Env API
Env API is the core interface specification in OpenAI Gym that standardizes how reinforcement learning environments interact with agents through methods like reset, step, and render.
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B.
Deno
Deno is a modern, secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime created by Ryan Dahl as a successor to Node.js, featuring built-in TypeScript support and a permission-based security model.
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C.
virtualenv
virtualenv is a widely used Python tool that creates isolated environments to manage project-specific dependencies and avoid conflicts between packages.
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D.
DG Environment
DG Environment is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU environmental policies and legislation.
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E.
rbenv
rbenv is a lightweight command-line tool that lets developers install and switch between multiple Ruby versions on a per-project or global basis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Rust standard library module ⓘ |
| category |
I/O and system interaction
ⓘ
process environment management ⓘ |
| designedFor | interacting with the process environment ⓘ |
| documentationUrl | https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/env/index.html ⓘ |
| hasResponsibility |
accessing environment variables
ⓘ
changing current working directory ⓘ handling platform-specific environment behavior ⓘ locating current executable ⓘ modifying environment variables ⓘ querying current working directory ⓘ reading command-line arguments ⓘ |
| language | Rust ⓘ |
| modulePath | std::env ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rust standard library
ⓘ
linked to:
Rust
|
| providesFunction |
std::env::args
ⓘ
std::env::args_os ⓘ std::env::current_dir ⓘ std::env::current_exe ⓘ std::env::home_dir ⓘ std::env::join_paths ⓘ std::env::remove_var ⓘ std::env::set_current_dir ⓘ std::env::set_var ⓘ std::env::set_var_os ⓘ std::env::split_paths ⓘ std::env::temp_dir ⓘ std::env::var ⓘ std::env::var_os ⓘ std::env::vars ⓘ std::env::vars_os ⓘ |
| providesType |
std::env::Args
ⓘ
std::env::ArgsOs ⓘ
linked to:
std::env module
std::env::JoinPathsError ⓘ std::env::VarError ⓘ std::env::VarOsError ⓘ std::env::Vars ⓘ std::env::VarsOs ⓘ |
| stableSince |
Rust 1.0.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Rust
|
| supportsPlatform |
Unix-like operating systems
ⓘ
Windows operating systems ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| threadSafety | follows Rust ownership and borrowing rules for safety ⓘ |
| usesErrorType |
std::env::JoinPathsError
ⓘ
std::env::VarError ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: std::env module Description of subject: The std::env module in Rust provides functions and types for interacting with the process’s environment, including environment variables, command-line arguments, and current working directory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
std::env module
linked to: std::env module