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dir: /man/2/env/
.TH ENV 2 .SH NAME env \- environment module .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "env.m"; env = load Env Env->PATH; getenv: fn(var: string): string; setenv: fn(var: string, val: string): int; getall: fn(): list of (string, string); clone: fn(): int; new: fn(): int; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Env provides an interface to manipulate environment variables which may then be shared between processes. .B Getenv returns the value of the environment variable .I var passed as a parameter, or .B nil if the variable is not set. It does this by reading the contents of .BI /env/ var. .B Setenv sets the value of the environment variable .I var to .I val. The value may be nil to unset the variable. It does this by writing the string .I val to .BI /env/ var. The routine returns a negative number if it fails to set the variable for any reason. .B Getall returns all the variables in the current environment as a list of (variable, value) pairs. .B Clone copies the current environment and places the process in a new environment group. Changes now made to the environment will not affect the environment of other processes. .B New places the process in a new empty environment group. Changes made in this new environment will not affect other processes. .SH SOURCE .B /appl/lib/env.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR env (1), .IR sys-pctl (2), .IR env (3)