Thread: Path / Environment in unix

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    Dear all,

    I've been trying to get the value of the PATH variable (unix) from a C program. The only thing I could think of is to loop through the .login file, but that seems like an overkill. Is there a simpler way to do this?

    Thanks,

    Fred

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    Hi,

    getenv() function can be used

    just include stdlib.h

    #include<stdlib.h>

    main()
    {
    printf("%s",getenv("PATH"));
    }

    And this should do .

    Be HAPPY

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