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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