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4.3 KiB
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176 lines
4.3 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: getenv.3,v 1.17 2003/08/07 16:43:39 agc Exp $
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.\" from: @(#)getenv.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.Dd April 1, 2003
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.Dt GETENV 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getenv ,
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.Nm putenv ,
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.Nm setenv ,
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.Nm unsetenv
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.Nd environment variable functions
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In stdlib.h
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.Ft char *
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.Fn getenv "const char *name"
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.Ft int
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.Fn setenv "const char *name" "const char *value" "int overwrite"
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.Ft int
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.Fn putenv "const char *string"
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.Ft int
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.Fn unsetenv "const char *name"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions set, unset and fetch environment variables from the
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host
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.Em environment list .
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For compatibility with differing environment conventions,
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the given arguments
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.Ar name
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and
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.Ar value
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may be appended and prepended,
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respectively,
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with an equal sign
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.Dq Li \&= ,
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except for
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.Fn unsetenv .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn getenv
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function obtains the current value of the environment variable,
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.Ar name .
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If the variable
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.Ar name
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is not in the current environment,
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a null pointer is returned.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setenv
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function inserts or resets the environment variable
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.Ar name
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in the current environment list.
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If the variable
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.Ar name
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does not exist in the list,
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it is inserted with the given
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.Ar value .
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If the variable does exist, the argument
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.Ar overwrite
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is tested; if
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.Ar overwrite is
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zero, the
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variable is not reset, otherwise it is reset
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to the given
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.Ar value .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn putenv
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function takes an argument of the form ``name=value'' and is
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equivalent to:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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setenv(name, value, 1);
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn unsetenv
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function
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deletes all instances of the variable name pointed to by
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.Fa name
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from the list.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The functions
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.Fn setenv ,
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.Fn putenv
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and
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.Fn unsetenv
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return zero if successful; otherwise the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error and a
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\-1 is returned.
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.Pp
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If
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.Fn getenv
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is successful, the string returned should be considered read-only.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The
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.Fa name
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argument to
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.Fn unsetenv
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is a null pointer, points to an empty string, or points to a string
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containing an
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.Dq Li \&=
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character.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The function
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.Fn setenv
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or
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.Fn putenv
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failed because they were unable to allocate memory for the environment.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr execve 2 ,
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.Xr environ 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn getenv
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function conforms to
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.St -ansiC .
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The
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.Fn putenv
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function conforms to
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.St -xpg4 .
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The
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.Fn unsetenv
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The functions
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.Fn setenv
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and
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.Fn unsetenv
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appeared in
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.At v7 .
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The
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.Fn putenv
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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