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From: Miguel Cardenas <mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx>
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Subject: getenv() fails
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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...