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

environ(5). 

Version 2.4  —  May 08, 1986