NAME

getenv − return value for environment name

SYNOPSIS

char ∗getenv (name)
char ∗name;

DESCRIPTION

getenv searches the environment list [see environ(5)] for a string of the form name=value, and returns a pointer to the value in the current environment if such a string is present, otherwise a NULL pointer. 

SEE ALSO

exec(2), putenv(3C), environ(5)

September 02, 1992