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NAME

SetVar -- Sets a local or environment variable (V36)

SYNOPSIS

    success = SetVar( name, buffer, size, flags )
    D0                 D1     D2     D3    D4

    BOOL SetVar(STRPTR, STRPTR, LONG, ULONG )

FUNCTION

Sets a local or environment variable. It is advised to only use ASCII strings inside variables, but not required.

INPUTS

name - pointer to an variable name. Note variable names follow filesystem syntax and semantics. buffer - a user allocated area which contains a string that is the value to be associated with this variable. size - length of the buffer region in bytes. -1 means buffer contains a null-terminated string. flags - combination of type of var to set (low 8 bits), and flags to control the behavior of this routine. Currently defined flags include:

GVF_LOCAL_ONLY - set a local (to your process) variable. GVF_GLOBAL_ONLY - set a global environment variable.

The default is to set a local environment variable.

RESULT success - If non-zero, the variable was sucessfully set, FALSE indicates failure.

BUGS LV_VAR is the only type that can be global

SEE ALSO

GetVar, DeleteVar, FindVar, <dos/var.h>