DosScanEnv
From EDM2
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Description
This call scans (searches) an environment segment for an environment variable.
Syntax
DosScanEnv (EnvVarName, ResultPointer)
Parameters
- EnvVarName (PSZ) - input
- Address of the name of the environment variable. Do not include a trailing " = ", since this is not part of the name.
- ResultPointer (PSZ FAR *) - output
- Address where the system returns the pointer to the environment string. ResultPointer points to the first character of the string that is the value of the environment variable and can be passed directly into DosSearchPath.
Return
rc (USHORT) - return
Return code descriptions are:
- 0 NO_ERROR
- 203 ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND
Remarks
Assume that the process' environment contains:
"DPATH=c:\sysdir;c:\libdir" | ³ ³ À---- ResultPointer points here after the following call to DosScanEnv: DosScanEnv("DPATH", &ResultPointer);
As noted above, ResultPointer points to the first character of the value of the environment variable.