getenv(3C) getenv(3C) NAME getenv - return value for environment name SYNOPSIS #include <stdlib.h> char *getenv (const char *name); DESCRIPTION getenv searches the environment list [see environ(5)] for a string of the form name=value and, if the string is present, returns a pointer to the value in the current environment. Otherwise, it returns a null pointer. SEE ALSO exec(2), putenv(3C), environ(5). Page 1