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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml index 2b57e75023..8b85f24455 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml @@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code> </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="getenv" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Get the value of an environment variable</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the <c><anno>Value</anno></c> of the environment variable + <c><anno>VarName</anno></c>, or <c>DefaultValue</c> if the environment variable + is undefined.</p> + <p>If Unicode file name encoding is in effect (see the <seealso + marker="erts:erl#file_name_encoding">erl manual + page</seealso>), the strings (both <c><anno>VarName</anno></c> and + <c><anno>Value</anno></c>) may contain characters with codepoints > 255.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="getpid" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Return the process identifier of the emulator process</fsummary> <desc> |