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diff --git a/docs/curl_getenv.3 b/docs/curl_getenv.3 deleted file mode 100644 index d10932197..000000000 --- a/docs/curl_getenv.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -.\" You can view this file with: -.\" nroff -man [file] -.\" $Id$ -.\" -.TH curl_getenv 3 "15 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl Manual" -.SH NAME -curl_getenv - return value for environment name -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B #include <curl/curl.h> -.sp -.BI "char *curl_getenv(const char *" name "); -.ad -.SH DESCRIPTION -curl_getenv() is a portable wrapper for the getenv() function, meant to -emulate its behaviour and provide an identical interface for all operating -systems libcurl builds on (including win32). -.SH RETURN VALUE -If successful, curl_getenv() returns a pointer to the value of the specified -environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed why the application must -free() this when the data has completed to serve its purpose. When -.I curl_getenv() -fails to find the specified name, it returns a null pointer. -.SH NOTE -Under unix operating systems, there isn't any point in returning an allocated -memory, although other systems won't work properly if this isn't done. The -unix implementation thus have to suffer slightly from the drawbacks of other -systems. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR getenv "(3C), " -.SH BUGS -Surely there are some, you tell me! - |