# getenv(3)

## NAME

         getenv - value for environment name

## SYNOPSIS

         #include <stdlib.h>

         char *getenv(const char *name)

## DESCRIPTION

         Getenv searches the environment list (see environ(7)) for a string of the
         form  name=value  and  returns  a  pointer  to the string value if such a
         string is present, otherwise getenv returns the null pointer.

## SEE ALSO

         environ(7), execve(2).