COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Libraries and Utility Routines

HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003

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COBOL_GETENV_

The COBOL_GETENV_ routine returns the value of a specified environment variable.

env-var

is the name of the environment variable whose value is to be returned. It cannot

have trailing spaces or a zero-byte terminator.

return-value

is the name of the variable that will hold the returned value of env-var. It must be

large enough to hold the maximum possible value of env-var.

length

is the number of characters that return-value contains. If length is zero,

env-var was not found.

ENTER

USING env-var

COBOL_GETENV_

" "

lengthGIVING

ns ns

return-value

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