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    FpGetEnv

    Return value of environment variable.

    Declaration

    Source position: bunxh.inc line 122

    function FpGetEnv(name: PAnsiChar) : PAnsiChar;external name 'FPC_SYSC_FPGETENVPCHAR';

    function FpGetEnv(name: ShortString) : PAnsiChar;

    Description

    FPGetEnv returns the value of the environment variable in Name. If the variable is not defined, nil is returned. The value of the environment variable may be the empty string. A PChar is returned to accommodate for strings longer than 255 bytes, TERMCAP and LS_COLORS, for instance.

    Errors

    None.

    Example

    Program Example41;

{ Program to demonstrate the GetEnv function. }

Uses BaseUnix;

begin
  Writeln ('Path is : ',fpGetenv('PATH'));
end.