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.TH GETENV 3 "May 15, 1985"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
getenv \- value for environment name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B char *getenv(name)
.B char *name;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getenv
.a
searches the environment list
(see
.IR environ (7))
for a string of the form
.IB name = value
and returns a pointer to the string
.I value
if such a string is present, otherwise 
.I getenv
returns the value 0 (NULL).
.SH SEE ALSO
environ(7), execve(2)