Function
GLibgetenv
Description
Returns the value of an environment variable.
On UNIX, the name and value are byte strings which might or might not be in some consistent character set and encoding. On Windows, they are in UTF-8. On Windows, in case the environment variable’s value contains references to other environment variables, they are expanded.
Parameters
variable |
const gchar* |
The environment variable to get. |
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The data is owned by the caller of the function. | |
The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding. |
Return value
Returns: | const gchar* |
The value of the environment variable, or |
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The data is owned by the called function. | |
The return value can be NULL . | |
The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding. |