getenv — get an environment variable
#include <stdlib.h>
char
*getenv( |
const char * | name); |
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.
The getenv() function
returns a pointer to the value in the environment, or NULL if
there is no match.
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