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curl_getenv(3) Introduction to Library Functions curl_getenv(3)

NAME

curl_getenv - return value for environment name

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

char *curl_getenv(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

curl_getenv() is a portable wrapper for the getenv() function, meant
to emulate its behavior and provide an identical interface for all
operating systems libcurl builds on (including Windows).

You must curl_free(3) the returned string when you are done with it.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
char *width = curl_getenv("COLUMNS");
if(width) {
/* it was set */
curl_free(width);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE

A pointer to a null-terminated string or NULL if it failed to find
the specified name.

NOTE

Under Unix operating systems, there is no point in returning an
allocated memory, although other systems does not work properly if
this is not done. The Unix implementation thus suffers slightly from
the drawbacks of other systems.