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.\"	@(#)getenv.3	6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
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.TH GETENV 3 "May 15, 1985"
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.AT 3
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.SH NAME
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getenv \- value for environment name
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.ft B
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#include <stdlib.h>
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char *getenv(const char *\fIname\fP)
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.ft R
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Getenv
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searches the environment list
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(see
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.BR environ (7))
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for a string of the form
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.IB name = value
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and returns a pointer to the string
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.I value
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if such a string is present, otherwise 
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.B getenv
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returns the null pointer.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR environ (7),
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.BR execve (2).
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