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| .TH curl_getenv 3 "2 June 2000" "Curl 7.0" "libcurl Manual" |
| curl_getenv - return value for environment name |
| .B #include <curl/curl.h> |
| .BI "char *curl_getenv(char *" name "); |
| curl_getenv() is a portable wrapper for the getenv() function, meant to |
| emulate its behaviour and provide an identical interface for all operating |
| systems libcurl builds on (including win32). |
| If successful, curl_getenv() returns a pointer to the value of the specified |
| environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed why the application must |
| free() this when the data has completed to serve its purpose. When |
| fails to find the specified name, it returns a null pointer. |
| Under unix operating systems, there isn't any point in returning an allocated |
| memory, although other systems won't work properly if this isn't done. The |
| unix implementation thus have to suffer slightly from the drawbacks of other |
| Surely there are some, you tell me! |
