Re: is this stadard C?

From: E. Robert Tisdale (E.Robert.Tisdale_at_jpl.nasa.gov)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:46:25 -0800

Keith Thompson wrote:

> Passing the extra parameter to main() is one way to do it.
> Another is (I think) declaring "extern char *environ[];".
> The latter is cleaner, IMHO.
> Both, of course, are non-standard.

getenv(const char *) *is* standard
but you must know the environment variable name
that you are looking for.

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