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     GETENV(3)                                               GETENV(3)

     NAME
          getenv - value for environment name

     SYNOPSIS
          char *getenv(name)
          char *name;

     DESCRIPTION
          Getenv searches the environment list (see environ(5)) for a
          string starting with name=.  If no such a string is found, 0
          is returned.  Otherwise, the address of the character fol-
          lowing the `=' is returned.

     SEE ALSO
          printenv(1), environ(5), exec(2)

     BUGS
          Getenv ignores shell functions; see sh(1).