SYSGET

SYSGET

Returns the value of a UNIX environment variable

UNIX specifics: variable-name is a UNIX environment variable

Syntax
Details

Syntax

SYSGET('variable-name')

The SYSGET function returns the value of an environment variable as a character string.

You can specify the following argument with the SYSGET function:

For example, this statement returns the value of the HOME environment variable:

here=sysget('HOME');