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ENVZ_ADD(3)               Linux Programmer's Manual              ENVZ_ADD(3)

NAME         top

       envz_add, envz_entry, envz_get, envz_merge, envz_remove, envz_strip -
       environment string support

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <envz.h>
       error_t envz_add(char **envz, size_t *envz_len,
                        const char *name, const char *value);
       char *envz_entry(const char *envz, size_t envz_len, const char *name);
       char *envz_get(const char *envz, size_t envz_len, const char *name);
       error_t envz_merge(char **envz, size_t *envz_len,
                          const char *envz2, size_t envz2_len, int override);
       void envz_remove(char **envz, size_t *envz_len, const char *name);
       void envz_strip(char **envz, size_t *envz_len);

DESCRIPTION         top

       These functions are glibc-specific.
       An argz vector is a pointer to a character buffer together with a
       length, see argz_add(3).  An envz vector is a special argz vector,
       namely one where the strings have the form "name=value".  Everything
       after the first '=' is considered to be the value.  If there is no
       '=', the value is taken to be NULL.  (While the value in case of a
       trailing '=' is the empty string "".)
       These functions are for handling envz vectors.
       envz_add() adds the string "name=value" (in case value is non-NULL)
       or "name" (in case value is NULL) to the envz vector
       (*envz, *envz_len) and updates *envz and *envz_len.  If an entry with
       the same name existed, it is removed.
       envz_entry() looks for name in the envz vector (envz, envz_len) and
       returns the entry if found, or NULL if not.
       envz_get() looks for name in the envz vector (envz, envz_len) and
       returns the value if found, or NULL if not.  (Note that the value can
       also be NULL, namely when there is an entry for name without '='
       sign.)
       envz_merge() adds each entry in envz2 to *envz, as if with
       envz_add().  If override is true, then values in envz2 will supersede
       those with the same name in *envz, otherwise not.
       envz_remove() removes the entry for name from (*envz, *envz_len) if
       there was one.
       envz_strip() removes all entries with value NULL.

RETURN VALUE         top

       All envz functions that do memory allocation have a return type of
       error_t, and return 0 for success, and ENOMEM if an allocation error
       occurs.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                   Attribute     Value   │
       ├────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │envz_add(), envz_entry(),   │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       │envz_get(), envz_merge(),   │               │         │
       │envz_remove(), envz_strip() │               │         │
       └────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       These functions are a GNU extension.  Handle with care.

EXAMPLE         top

       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <envz.h>
       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
       {
           int i, e_len = 0;
           char *str;
           for (i = 0; envp[i] != NULL; i++)
               e_len += strlen(envp[i]) + 1;
           str = envz_entry(*envp, e_len, "HOME");
           printf("%s\n", str);
           str = envz_get(*envp, e_len, "HOME");
           printf("%s\n", str);
           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO         top

       argz_add(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                 2015-03-02                      ENVZ_ADD(3)

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