Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:33:41 -0500 From: Miguel Cardenas <mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: getenv() fails Message-ID: <200407130133.41534.mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx>
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Hello...
I have a problem getting the hostname from the HOSTNAME var...
#include <stdlib.h>
...
char* host = getenv("HOSTNAME");
returns always NULL... why? if I do 'echo $HOSTNAME' it is visible, but inside
my C program returns NULL... what is wrong? is it a bug?
Thanx...
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