Re: Reading shell variables from a program.

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From: Soenke Behrens
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:40

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jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L. Brookes) writes:

>I looked through the documentation at hand (as well as several manpages on
>the unix box here) but I couldn't figure out how to read a shell variable
>from within a program.  

Sure. Simply getenv() it. To change, setenv(). Hey, that's ANSI. Look
in your "C - A Ref....blah" or "K&R 2", hmm? :)

Soenke
P.S.: This is assuming that by "shell variable" you really mean "environment
variable", such as $TERM or $HOME or what-you-have.-- 
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