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     GETENV(S)                 UNIX System V                 GETENV(S)



     Name
          getenv - return value for environment name

     Syntax
          char *getenv (name)
          char *name;

     Description
          The getenv function searches the environment list (see
          environ(M)) 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(S), putenv(S), environ(M)
     Standards Conformance
          getenv is conformant with:
          AT&T SVID Issue 2, Select Code 307-127;
          The X/Open Portability Guide II of January 1987;
          ANSI X3.159-198X C Language Draft Standard, May 13,
          1988;
          IEEE POSIX Std 1003.1-1988 with C Standard Language-
          Dependent System Support;
          and NIST FIPS 151-1.

                                                (printed 6/20/89)