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e19206c2 | 1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
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2 | .\" |
3 | .\" Manual for environment variable table | |
4 | .\" | |
5 | .\" (c) 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2024 Straylight/Edgeware | |
6 | .\" | |
7 | . | |
8 | .\"----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------- | |
9 | .\" | |
10 | .\" This file is part of the mLib utilities library. | |
11 | .\" | |
12 | .\" mLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under | |
13 | .\" the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by | |
14 | .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at | |
15 | .\" your option) any later version. | |
16 | .\" | |
17 | .\" mLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | |
18 | .\" ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or | |
19 | .\" FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public | |
20 | .\" License for more details. | |
21 | .\" | |
22 | .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public | |
23 | .\" License along with mLib. If not, write to the Free Software | |
24 | .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, | |
25 | .\" USA. | |
26 | . | |
27 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
28 | .so ../defs.man \" @@@PRE@@@ | |
29 | . | |
30 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
31 | .TH env 3mLib "26 July 1999" "Straylight/Edgeware" "mLib utilities library" | |
e19206c2 | 32 | .\" @env_get |
33 | .\" @env_put | |
34 | .\" @env_import | |
35 | .\" @env_export | |
36 | .\" @env_destroy | |
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37 | . |
38 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
39 | .SH "NAME" | |
40 | env \- efficient fiddling with environment variables | |
41 | . | |
42 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
e19206c2 | 43 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
c4ccbbf9 | 44 | . |
e19206c2 | 45 | .nf |
46 | .B "#include <mLib/env.h>" | |
d056fbdf | 47 | .PP |
e19206c2 | 48 | .BI "char *env_get(sym_table *" t ", const char *" name ); |
f4d2cec8 | 49 | .BI "void env_put(sym_table *" t , |
e19206c2 | 50 | .BI " const char *" name ", const char *" value ); |
51 | .BI "void env_import(sym_table *" t ", char **" env ); | |
52 | .BI "char **env_export(sym_table *" t ); | |
53 | .fi | |
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54 | . |
55 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
e19206c2 | 56 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
c4ccbbf9 | 57 | . |
e19206c2 | 58 | The functions in the |
59 | .B "<mLib/env.h>" | |
60 | header manipulate environment variables stored in a hash table. | |
61 | .PP | |
62 | The function | |
63 | .B env_import | |
64 | reads a standard Unix environment array and stores the variables in the | |
65 | symbol table. (A standard Unix environment array is an array of | |
66 | pointers to strings of the form | |
67 | .IB name = value | |
68 | terminated by a null pointer. This format is used for the global | |
69 | .B environ | |
70 | variable, and by the | |
71 | .BR execve (2) | |
72 | function.) The symbol table must have already been created (see | |
73 | .BR sym_create (3)). | |
74 | .PP | |
75 | The function | |
76 | .B env_export | |
77 | creates a Unix environment array from a symbol table. The environment | |
78 | array is one big block of memory allocated using | |
39e23af4 | 79 | .BR xmalloc (3); |
e19206c2 | 80 | hence, one call to |
39e23af4 | 81 | .BR xfree (3) |
e19206c2 | 82 | releases all the memory used for the pointer array and the strings. |
83 | .PP | |
84 | The | |
85 | .B env_get | |
86 | function looks up a variable in an environment symbol table. The | |
87 | returned result is the variable's value if it exists, or a null pointer | |
88 | if not. | |
89 | .PP | |
90 | The | |
91 | .B env_put | |
92 | function sets or deletes environment variables. If the | |
93 | .I name | |
94 | argument contains an | |
95 | .RB ` = ' | |
96 | character, it is assumed to be of the form | |
97 | .IB n = v\fR; | |
98 | the | |
1f75302b | 99 | .I value |
100 | argument is ignored, and the variable | |
e19206c2 | 101 | .I n |
102 | is assigned the value | |
103 | .IR v . | |
104 | Otherwise, if | |
105 | .I value | |
106 | is not a null pointer, the variable | |
107 | .I name | |
1f75302b | 108 | is assigned |
109 | .IR value . | |
e19206c2 | 110 | Finally, if |
111 | .I value | |
112 | is null, the variable | |
113 | .I name | |
114 | is deleted. | |
115 | .PP | |
116 | The | |
117 | .B env_destroy | |
1f75302b | 118 | function frees an environment symbol table, together with all of the |
119 | environment variables. | |
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120 | . |
121 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
e19206c2 | 122 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
c4ccbbf9 | 123 | . |
e19206c2 | 124 | .BR sym (3), |
125 | .BR mLib (3). | |
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126 | . |
127 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
e19206c2 | 128 | .SH "AUTHOR" |
c4ccbbf9 | 129 | . |
9b5ac6ff | 130 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk> |
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131 | . |
132 | .\"----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------- |