CoCoA:GetEnv

GetEnv

access shell variables

Description

This function returns the value of system shell variables

Example

  GetEnv(<quotes>HOME</quotes>);
/Users/bigatti
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  GetEnv(<quotes>COCOARC</quotes>);
/Users/bigatti/.cocoarc
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  GetEnv(<quotes>COCOA_PACKAGES</quotes>);
/Applications/CoCoA-4.7/packages
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Syntax

GetEnv(S:STRING):STRING

   <type>string</type>