getenv(3C) 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.
REFERENCES
environ(5), exec(2), putenv(3C)
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