GETENV Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: April 3, 2025 Index   NAME getenv - get an environment variable   SYNOPSIS #include <stdlib.h> char *getenv(const char *name);   DESCRIPTION The getenv() function searches the environment list for a string that matches the string pointed to by name. The strings are of the form name = value.   RETURN VALUE The getenv() function returns a pointer to the value in the environment, or NULL if there is no match.   CONFORMING TO SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:03 GMT, March 24, 2025