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.Dd May 11, 2016
.Dt PGETENV 3PROC
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm Pgetenv
.Nd get process environment variable
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libproc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libproc.h
.Ft "char *"
.Fo Pgetenv
.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
.Fa "const char *name"
.Fa "char *buf"
.Fa "size_t buflen"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fa Pgetenv
function searches the environment of the process handle
.Fa P
for the environment variable named
.Fa name .
If found it copies up to
.Fa buflen
characters of the value, including the null terminator, into the buffer
.Fa buf .
Everything after the
.Sy =
sign is copied.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn Pgetenv
function returns the pointer
.Fa buf .
Otherwise, if the environment variable was not found,
.Dv NULL
is returned.
.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
.Sy Uncommitted
.Sh MT-LEVEL
See
.Sy LOCKING
in
.Xr libproc 3LIB .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
.Xr Penv_iter 3PROC ,
.Xr environ 7