NAME

getenv − return value for environment name

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

char ∗getenv(const char ∗name);

MT-LEVEL

Safe

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. 

RETURN VALUES

If successful, getenv() returns a pointer to the value in the current environment; otherwise, it returns a null pointer. 

SEE ALSO

exec(2), putenv(3C), environ(5)

SunOS 5.2  —  Last change: 22 Jan 1993