<TITLE>getenv</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>GETENV(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETENV(3) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> getenv - get an environment variable <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <stdlib.h> char *getenv(const char *name); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> 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. <h3>RETURN VALUE </h3> The getenv() function returns a pointer to the value in the environment, or NULL if there is no match. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=putenv.htm>putenv</a>, <a href=setenv.htm>setenv</a>, <a href=unsetenv.htm>unsetenv</a>, <pre> <h3>GNU April 3, 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../cref.html>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/funcref.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>