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Manual Reference Pages  - GETENV (3)

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getenv - get an environment variable

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#include <stdlib.h> 



char *getenv(const char *name); 

The getenv() function searches the environment list for a string that matches the string pointed to by name. The strings are of the form name = value.

The getenv() function returns a pointer to the value in the environment, or NULL if there is no match.

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

putenv(3), setenv(3), clearenv(3), unsetenv(3), environ(5)

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