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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-05-31 20:27:46 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-05-31 20:27:46 (GMT)
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Document os.getenv().
This closes SF bug #429059.
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@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ Return the current process' user id.
Availability: \UNIX{}.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{getenv}{varname\optional{, value}}
+Return the value of the environment variable \var{varname} if it
+exists, or \var{value} if it doesn't. \var{value} defaults to
+\code{None}.
+Availability: most flavors of \UNIX{}, Windows.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{putenv}{varname, value}
\index{environment variables!setting}
Set the environment variable named \var{varname} to the string