env.3

NAME

env - manage the environment

SYNTAX

#include <env.h>

char **environ;

char *env_get(name);
char *env_pick();

char *name;

DESCRIPTION

The environment, environ, is a 0-terminated array of 0-terminated strings, called environment variables. Each environment variable is of the form name*=*value.

env_get returns the value of the first variable whose name is name, or 0 if there is no such variable.

env_pick returns any variable in the environment, or 0 if the environment is empty.

SEE ALSO

environ(7)