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- GetEnv(V1.3, 2.x, 3.x)
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- NAME
- GetEnv - display value of environment variable.
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- SYNOPSIS
- GetEnv Name
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- DESCRIPTION
- GetEnv displays the values of Environment variables.
- These variables are accessible to all tasks (unlike GET
- which is only accessible to the environment which created
- it).
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- GetEnv searches both the older Environment variables
- and the new ENV: handler if it exists. (Note that ENV:
- is currently just a directory in RAM:, it is not a true
- handler).
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- GetEnv prints the contents of this file.
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- KEYWORDS
- varname
- The name of the environmental variable to get. This
- is the name of the file that is found in the ENV:
- direrectory located in RAM:.
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- Kickstart/Workbench
- 2.x/3.x Only:
- These are created during startup. They contain the
- version of your Kickstart and Workbench that is currently
- being used by your system.
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- Editor
- 2.x/3.x Only:
- Some Workbench programs such as MORE are able to
- recognize the environmental variables. If you set this
- variable to the pathname of your favorite text editor,
- then MORE allows you to bring up the program to edit the
- current file by pressing Shift-E.
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- SEE ALSO
- Set Get
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