environ(3p)

environ3p

Array of character pointers to the environment strings

Usage

extern char **environ;

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

Refer to exec and the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment Variables.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.