NAME

getenv − return value for environment name

SYNOPSIS

char ∗getenv(name)
char ∗name;

DESCRIPTION

getenv() searches the environment list (see environ(5V)) for a string of the form name=value, and returns a pointer to the string value if such a string is present, otherwise NULL pointer. 

SEE ALSO

environ(5V), execve(2), putenv(3)

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 6 October 1987