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From: gregg@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (gregg.g.wonderly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Ash 1.1 available (already! :-)
Message-ID: <5050@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 27 Nov 89 04:37:08 GMT
References: <13920014@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <13920014@hpfelg.HP.COM>, by koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren):
>>               However, a bug  in  either  the  compiler  or  OS  is  still
>>               preventing  'getenv'  from  working   correctly.    I   have
> 
> One thing I forgot to mention; even though Ash's getenv has problems,
> (since I can't get the Lattice call to work)...

The routine works fine for me under 5.02.  The documentation is just not
clear.  E.g. for the ENVariable $HOME, create the file, env:home, and
put the string value for the variable in that file as a single line.

I put the string "usr:gregg" in mine...
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