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- putenv:
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- Synopsis: Change or add a value to the environment
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- Syntax: putenv ( STRING )
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- Description:
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- putenv takes a single argument, STRING, of the form:
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- "NAME=VALUE"
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- putenv make the value of the environment variable NAME equal
- to VALUE by altering an existing variable or creating a new
- one.
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- Exactly how putenv behaves is depends upon the underlying
- operating system implementation.
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- On most Unix systems putenv will return non-zero if an error
- occurred, and zero otherwise.
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- See Also: getenv
-