C Exercises: Get the environment string

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Write a C program to get the environment string.

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include<stdio.h>      // Include the standard input/output header file.
#include<stdlib.h>     // Include the standard library header file.

int main ()          // Start of the main function.
{
char * PathPtr;   // Declare a pointer to char 'PathPtr'.

PathPtr = getenv ("PATH");   // Get the value of the environment variable "PATH" and assign it to 'PathPtr'.

if (PathPtr!=NULL)   // Check if 'PathPtr' is not NULL (i.e., if the environment variable was found).
printf ("\nThe set path is: %s\n\n",PathPtr);   // Print the value of the environment variable "PATH".

return 0;   // Return 0 to indicate successful execution of the program.
}   // End of the main function.

Sample Output:

The set path is: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

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