Thread: Win Console program environment variable

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    Win Console program environment variable

    I'm trying to translate a UNIX C program to a Windows console program. Can anyone tell me how to set an environment variable in a console program? The UNIX function is setenv, and I find a Windows version SetEnvironmentVariable, but what about for a console program?
    Thanks!

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    There's nothing to prevent you from call SetEnvironmentVariable() from a console application.
    The MS run-time library supports _putenv() as well.

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    you can also do it from the control panel in the System dialog. Click Advanced/Environment Variables
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