GETENV(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		    GETENV(3)



NAME
       getenv - get an environment variable

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       char *getenv(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
       The  getenv()  function searches the environment list to find the envi
       ronment variable name, and returns a pointer to the corresponding value
       string.

RETURN VALUE
       The  getenv()  function	returns a pointer to the value in the environ
       ment, or NULL if there is no match.

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.

NOTES
       The strings in the environment list are of the form name=value.

       As typically implemented, getenv() returns a pointer to a string within
       the  environment  list.	 The  caller must take care not to modify this
       string, since that would change the environment of the process.

       The implementation of getenv() is not required to  be  reentrant.   The
       string  pointed	to  by	the return value of getenv() may be statically
       allocated, and can be  modified	by  a  subsequent  call  to  getenv(),
       putenv(3), setenv(3), or unsetenv(3).

SEE ALSO
       clearenv(3), putenv(3), setenv(3), unsetenv(3), environ(7)

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  2008-03-17			     GETENV(3)