diff --git a/env/env.rs b/env/env.rs
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+struct options {
+    ignore_env: bool,
+    null: bool,
+    unsets: ~[~str],
+    sets: ~[(~str, ~str)],
+    program: ~[~str]
+}
+
+fn usage(prog: &str) {
+    println!("Usage: {:s} [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]", prog);
+    println!("Set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND\n");
+    println!("Possible options are:");
+    println!("  -i, --ignore-environment\t start with an empty environment");
+    println!("  -0, --null              \t end each output line with a 0 byte rather than newline");
+    println!("  -u, --unset NAME        \t remove variable from the environment");
+    println!("      --help              \t display this help and exit");
+    println!("      --version           \t output version information and exit\n");
+    println!("A mere - implies -i. If no COMMAND, print the resulting environment");
+}
+
+fn version() {
+    println!("env 1.0.0");
+}
+
+// print name=value env pairs on screen
+// if null is true, separate pairs with a \0, \n otherwise
+fn print_env(null: bool) {
+    let env = std::os::env();
+
+    for &(ref n, ref v) in env.iter() {
+        print!("{:s}={:s}{:c}",
+            n.as_slice(),
+            v.as_slice(),
+            if null { '\0' } else { '\n' }
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let args = std::os::args();
+    let prog = args[0].as_slice();
+
+    // to handle arguments the same way than GNU env, we can't use getopts
+    // and have to do this:
+
+    let mut opts = ~options {
+        ignore_env: false,
+        null: false,
+        unsets: ~[],
+        sets: ~[],
+        program: ~[]
+    };
+
+    let mut wait_cmd = false;
+    let mut iter = args.iter();
+    iter.next(); // skip program
+    let mut item = iter.next();
+
+    // the for loop doesn't work here,
+    // because we need sometines to read 2 items forward,
+    // and the iter can't be borrowed twice
+    while item != None {
+        let opt = item.unwrap();
+
+        if wait_cmd {
+            // we still accept NAME=VAL here but not other options
+            let mut sp = opt.splitn_iter('=', 1);
+            let name = sp.next();
+            let value = sp.next();
+
+            match (name, value) {
+                (Some(n), Some(v)) => {
+                    opts.sets.push((n.into_owned(), v.into_owned())); 
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    // read the program now
+                    opts.program.push(opt.to_owned());
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        else {
+            if opt.starts_with("--") {
+                match *opt {
+                    ~"--help" => { usage(prog); return }
+                    ~"--version" => { version(); return }
+
+                    ~"--ignore-environment" => opts.ignore_env = true,
+                    ~"--null" => opts.null = true,
+                    ~"--unset" => {
+                        let var = iter.next();
+
+                        match var {
+                            None => println!("{:s}: this option requires an argument: {:s}", prog, opt.as_slice()),
+                            Some(s) => opts.unsets.push(s.to_owned())
+                        }
+                    }
+                            
+                    _ => {
+                        println!("{:s}: invalid option \"{:s}\"", prog, *opt);
+                        println!("Type \"{:s} --help\" for detailed informations", prog);
+                        return
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            else if opt.starts_with("-") {
+                if opt.len() == 0 {
+                    // implies -i and stop parsing opts
+                    wait_cmd = true;
+                    opts.ignore_env = true;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                let mut chars = opt.iter();
+                chars.next();
+
+                for c in chars {
+                    // short versions of options
+                    match c {
+                        'i' => opts.ignore_env = true,
+                        '0' => opts.null = true,
+                        _ => {
+                            println!("{:s}: illegal option -- {:c}", prog, c);
+                            println!("Type \"{:s} --help\" for detailed informations", prog);
+                            return
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            else {
+                // is it a NAME=VALUE like opt ?
+                let mut sp = opt.splitn_iter('=', 1);
+                let name = sp.next();
+                let value = sp.next();
+
+                match (name, value) {
+                    (Some(n), Some(v)) => {
+                        // yes
+                        opts.sets.push((n.into_owned(), v.into_owned()));
+                        wait_cmd = true;
+                    }
+                    // no, its a program-like opt
+                    _ => {
+                        opts.program.push(opt.to_owned());
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        item = iter.next();
+    }
+
+    // read program arguments now
+
+    for opt in iter {
+        opts.program.push(opt.to_owned());
+    }
+
+    let env = std::os::env();
+
+    if opts.ignore_env {
+        for &(ref name, _) in env.iter() {
+            std::os::unsetenv(name.as_slice())
+        }
+    }
+
+    for ref name in opts.unsets.iter() {
+        std::os::unsetenv(name.as_slice())
+    }
+
+    for &(ref name, ref val) in opts.sets.iter() {
+        std::os::setenv(name.as_slice(), val.as_slice())
+    }
+
+    match opts.program {
+        [ref prog, ..args] => { 
+            let status = std::run::process_status(prog.as_slice(), args.as_slice());
+            std::os::set_exit_status(status)
+        }
+
+        [] => {
+            // no program providen
+            print_env(opts.null);
+        }
+    }
+}