curl_getenv

curl_getenv(3)			libcurl Manual		       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 behaviour and provide an identical  interface  for  all
       operating systems libcurl builds on (including win32).

AVAILABILITY
       This  function  will  be removed from the public libcurl API in a near
       future. It will instead be made	"available"  by	 source	 code  access
       only, and then as curlx_getenv().

RETURN VALUE
       If  successful,	curl_getenv()  returns	a pointer to the value of the
       specified environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed  why  the
       application  must free() this when the data has completed to serve its
       purpose. When curl_getenv(3) fails to  find  the	 specified  name,  it
       returns a null pointer.

NOTE
       Under  unix  operating  systems, there isn’t any point in returning an
       allocated memory, although other systems won’t work properly  if	 this
       isn’t  done. The unix implementation thus have to suffer slightly from
       the drawbacks of other systems.

SEE ALSO
       getenv(3C),



libcurl 7.12			30 April 2004		       curl_getenv(3)