getenv(3C)          (C Programming Language Utilities)           getenv(3C)


   NAME
         getenv - return value for environment name

   SYNOPSIS
         #include <stdlib.h>

         char *getenv (const char *name);

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

   SEE ALSO
         exec(2), putenv(3C), environ(5).





































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