Hi Bharati, Could you give some more details about it.... like return type etc. Anyways, i just tried : char* x = environ(); it gave me an error saying environ() cannot be used as a function. -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bharathi S Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:05 AM To: Ashay Shende Cc: Gcc-Help Subject: Re: Environment variable doubt On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ashay Shende wrote: > Also, can anyone tell me how to get the list of all the environment > variables and their values. environ() -- I never used it :) HTH :) -- Bharathi S, IndLinuX Team, (__) DON Lab, TeNeT Group, oo ) IIT-Madras, Chennai-INDIA. (_/\ Known is DROP, Unknown is OCEAN.