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.TH GETENV 3F ""
.UC 5
.SH NAME
getenv \- get value of environment variables
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B subroutine getenv (ename, evalue)
.br
.B character*(*) ename, evalue
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getenv
.a
searches the environment list
(see
.IR environ (7))
for a string of the form
.IB ename = value
and returns
.I value
in
.I evalue
if such a string is present, otherwise fills
.I evalue
with blanks.
.SH FILES
.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
.el /usr/lib/libU77.a
.SH "SEE ALSO"
environ(7), execve(2)