getenv

Purpose

Get environment variable.

Synopsis

getenv('string')

Description

getenv('string') returns the text associated with the environment variable specified by string.

Examples

To get MATLAB's initial search path on a UNIX system

s = getenv('MATLABPATH')
          
s =
    /matlab:/matlab/signal
On other systems you might get

------------------------------------------------
DOS:        \MATLAB;\MATLAB\SIGNAL                            
Macintosh:  MyDisk:MATLAB:MyDisk:MATLAB:SIGNAL    
VMS:        DISK1:[MATLAB],DISK1:[MATLAB.SIGNAL]  
------------------------------------------------

See Also

path

References

See getenv in any C library or UNIX reference.

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