Rexx - getenv

This method returns the value of an environment variable on the system.

Syntax

getenv(var) 

Parameters

• var − This the name of the environment variable for which the value needs to be displayed.

Return Value

This method returns the value of an environment variable on the system.

Example

/* Main program */ 
options arexx_bifs 
say getenv('PATH') 

When we run the above program we will get the following result. The following program is a sample output, this output will vary from system to system.

Output

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;
C:\Python27\;
C:\Python27\Scripts;
C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;
C:\Windows\system32;
C:\Windows;
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Program Files \Intel\WiFi\bin\;
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;
C:\PROGRA~2\Groovy\GROOVY~1.5\bin;
C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\;
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin;
C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\ Tools\Binn\;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\;
C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\;
C:\.lein\bin;
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_79\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin;
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm;
C:\Program Files\erl7.3\bin;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;
C:\Program Files\rexx.org\Regina;
C:\RexxTrans;
D:\rexxxml100\rexxxml\win32;
D:\libxslt-1.1.17.win32\libxslt-1.1.17.win32\bin;
D:\libxml22.6.26.win32\libxml2-2.6.26.win32\bin;
D:\iconv-1.9.2.win32\iconv-1.9.2.win32\bin;
D:\zlib1.2.3.win32\zlib-1.2.3.win32\bin;
D:\rexxtrans18w32;
C:\Program Files\ooRexx;
D:\rexxxml100\rexxxml

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