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GETENV(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		     GETENV(3)

NAME
     getenv, putenv, setenv, unsetenv — environment variable functions

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     char *
     getenv(const char *name);

     int
     setenv(const char *name, const char *value, int overwrite);

     int
     putenv(const char *string);

     void
     unsetenv(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions set, unset and fetch environment variables from the host
     environment list.	For compatibility with differing environment conven‐
     tions, the given arguments name and value may be appended and prepended,
     respectively, with an equal sign “=”.

     The getenv() function obtains the current value of the environment vari‐
     able, name.  If the variable name is not in the current environment, a
     null pointer is returned.

     The setenv() function inserts or resets the environment variable name in
     the current environment list.  If the variable name does not exist in the
     list, it is inserted with the given value. If the variable does exist,
     the argument overwrite is tested; if overwrite is zero, the variable is
     not reset, otherwise it is reset to the given value.

     The putenv() function takes an argument of the form ``name=value'' and is
     equivalent to:

	   setenv(name, value, 1);

     The unsetenv() function deletes all instances of the variable name
     pointed to by name from the list.

RETURN VALUES
     The functions setenv() and putenv() return zero if successful; otherwise
     the global variable errno is set to indicate the error and a -1 is
     returned.

ERRORS
     [ENOMEM]  The function setenv() or putenv() failed because they were
	       unable to allocate memory for the environment.

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), sh(1), execve(2), environ(7)

STANDARDS
     The getenv() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”).

HISTORY
     The functions setenv() and unsetenv() appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
     The putenv() function appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.

BSD			       December 11, 1993			   BSD
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