GETENV

Portability Subroutine: Retrieves the value of an environment variable.

Module: USE DFPORT

Syntax

CALL GETENV (ename, evalue)

ename
(Input) Character*(*). Environment variable to search for.

evalue
(Output) Character*(*). Value found for ename. Blank if ename is not found.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also: GETENVQQ

Example

use dfport
character*40 libname
CALL GETENV ("LIB",libname)
TYPE *, "The LIB variable points to ",libname