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envz_add(3) Library Functions Manualenvz_add(3)envz_add, envz_entry, envz_get, envz_merge, envz_remove, envz_strip - environment string support
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <envz.h>error_t envz_add(char **restrictenvz, size_t *restrictenvz_len,const char *restrictname, const char *restrictvalue);char *envz_entry(const char *restrictenvz, size_tenvz_len,const char *restrictname);char *envz_get(const char *restrictenvz, size_tenvz_len,const char *restrictname);error_t envz_merge(char **restrictenvz, size_t *restrictenvz_len,const char *restrictenvz2, size_tenvz2_len,intoverride);void envz_remove(char **restrictenvz, size_t *restrictenvz_len,const char *restrictname);void envz_strip(char **restrictenvz, size_t *restrictenvz_len);
These functions are glibc-specific. An argz vector is a pointer to a character buffer together with a length, seeargz_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 casevalue is non- NULL) or "name" (in casevalue is NULL) to the envz vector (*envz,*envz_len) and updates*envz and*envz_len. If an entry with the samename existed, it is removed.envz_entry() looks forname in the envz vector (envz,envz_len) and returns the entry if found, or NULL if not.envz_get() looks forname 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 forname without '=' sign.)envz_merge() adds each entry inenvz2 to*envz, as if withenvz_add(). Ifoverride is true, then values inenvz2 will supersede those with the same name in*envz, otherwise not.envz_remove() removes the entry forname from (*envz,*envz_len) if there was one.envz_strip() removes all entries with value NULL.
All envz functions that do memory allocation have a return type oferror_t (an integer type), and return 0 for success, andENOMEMif an allocation error occurs.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │envz_add(),envz_entry(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ │envz_get(),envz_merge(), │ │ │ │envz_remove(),envz_strip() │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
GNU.
#include <envz.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) { char *str; size_t e_len = 0; for (size_t 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); }argz_add(3)
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