hpux man page for getenv

getenv(3C)																getenv(3C)

NAME
       getenv() - return value for environment name

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       searches  the  environment  list (see environ(5)) for a string of the form and returns a pointer to the value in the current environment if
       such a string is present or a NULL pointer if it is not.  name can be either the desired name, null-terminated, or of  the  form  in  which
       case uses the portion to the left of the as the search key.

       If the optional HP Getenv-Perf-Enh product is installed on the system, the performance of in threaded applications may increase.

WARNINGS
       returns a pointer to static data which can be overwritten by subsequent calls.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
   Locale
       The category determines the interpretation of characters in name as single and/or multibyte characters.

   International Code Set Support
       Single and multibyte character code sets are supported.

SEE ALSO
       exec(2), putenv(3C), environ(5), thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
																	getenv(3C)