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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )Updated: 1993-04-03
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NAME
getenv - get an environment variableSYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> char *getenv(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The getenv() function searches the environment list for a string that matches the string pointed to by name. The strings are of the form name = value.RETURN VALUE
The getenv() function returns a pointer to the value in the environment, or NULL if there is no match.CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899SEE ALSO
putenv(3), setenv(3), unsetenv(3), environ(7)
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