getenv() in global space?

[silrandir@gmail.com]

When calling getenv() globally, the function returns NULL, yet when
called from main, returns an appropriate value.


#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

//using namespace std;
#define MW_DEBUG "TEST"

char* debugstr = getenv(MW_DEBUG );
int debug = debugstr?1:0;

int main()
{
if(debug)
write(2, "\nDEBUG Enabled\n", 15);
else
write(2, "\nDEBUG DISABLED\n", 16);
debugstr = getenv(MW_DEBUG );
if(debugstr)
write(2, "\nDebug Enabled\n", 15);
else
write(2, "\nDebug Disabled\n", 16);
}

[Victor Bazarov]

Re: getenv() in global space?

silrandir@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> When calling getenv() globally, the function returns NULL, yet when
> called from main, returns an appropriate value.[/color]

So? The behaviour of 'getenv' is implementation-defined. You need to
read the documentation for your application, perhaps they say that any
call to 'getenv' is not going to succeed before the 'main' function has
been called. The platform is probably setting the "environmen t" just
before calling your 'main' function.
[color=blue]
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <unistd.h>[/color]

<unistd.h> is not a standard header (regardless of the fact that it has
'std' in its name).
[color=blue]
>
> //using namespace std;
> #define MW_DEBUG "TEST"
>
> char* debugstr = getenv(MW_DEBUG );
> int debug = debugstr?1:0;
>
> int main()
> {
> if(debug)
> write(2, "\nDEBUG Enabled\n", 15);
> else
> write(2, "\nDEBUG DISABLED\n", 16);
> debugstr = getenv(MW_DEBUG );
> if(debugstr)
> write(2, "\nDebug Enabled\n", 15);
> else
> write(2, "\nDebug Disabled\n", 16);
> }
>[/color]

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[Ian Collins]

Re: getenv() in global space?

silrandir@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> When calling getenv() globally, the function returns NULL, yet when
> called from main, returns an appropriate value.
>[/color]
No it doesn't, what system are you using?

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Ian Collins.