Qp0zDltEnv()--Delete an Environment Variable

 #include <qp0z1170.h>

 int Qp0zDltEnv(const char *name);  

The Qp0zDltEnv() function deletes a single job-level environment variable or deletes all environment variables from the current job. If the name parameter is NULL, all environment variables in the job are deleted.

The name parameter does not include the equal (=) symbol or the value of the environment variable name=value pair.

Parameters

name

(Input) A pointer to the name part of the environment variable name=value string.

Authorities

None.

Return Value

Error Conditions

If Qp0zDltEnv() is not successful, errno indicates one of the following errors.

[ENOENT]

No such path or directory.

The directory or a component of the path name specified does not exist.

A named file or directory does not exist or is an empty string.

The parameter name is not NULL and does not point to an environment variable name that currently exists in the environment list.

Usage Notes

1. Although Qp0zDltEnv() is threadsafe, if a thread calls an environment variable function while another thread is accessing an environment variable from the environ array the thread may see undefined results. The environ array can be accessed directly or by using a pointer returned from the getenv() or Qp0zGetEnv() functions. The environment contents are only protected during calls to the environment variable functions.

Related Information

• getenv()--Get Value of Environment Variable
• putenv()--Change or Add Environment Variable
• Qp0zDltSysEnv()--Delete a System-Level Environment Variable
• Qp0zGetAllSysEnv()--Get All System-Level Environment Variables
• Qp0zGetEnv()--Get Value of Environment Variable (Extended)
• Qp0zGetSysEnv()--Get Value of System-Level Environment Variable
• Qp0zInitEnv()--Initialize Environment for Variables
• Qp0zPutEnv()--Change or Add Environment Variable (Extended)
• Qp0zPutSysEnv()--Change or Add a System-Level Environment

Example

The following example uses Qp0zDltEnv(), putenv() and the environ array.

Note: By using the code examples, you agree to the terms of the Code license and disclaimer information.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <qp0z1170.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

extern char **environ;

#define ASSERT(x, y)                        \
{ if (!(x)) {                               \
    printf("Assertion Failed: " #x          \
           ", Description: " y              \
           ", errno=%d", errno);            \
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);                     \
  }                                         \
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  int                   rc=0;
  int                   e=0;
  printf("Enter Testcase - %s\n", argv[0]);

  rc = putenv("PATH=/usr/bin:/home/me:%LIBL%");
  ASSERT((rc == 0), "putenv(PATH)");
  rc = putenv("TEST0=42");
  ASSERT((rc == 0), "putenv(TEST0)");
  rc = putenv("TEST1=42");
  ASSERT((rc == 0), "putenv(TEST1)");
  printf("Before delete, these environment variables are set: \n");

  while (environ[e] != NULL) {
    printf("  %s\n", environ[e]);
    ++e;
  }

  printf("Delete the environment variables\n");
  rc = Qp0zDltEnv("TEST0");
  ASSERT((rc==0), "Qp0zDltEnv(TEST0)");
  rc = Qp0zDltEnv("TEST1");
  ASSERT((rc==0), "Qp0zDltEnv(TEST1)");

  printf("After delete, these environment variables are set: \n");
  e=0;
  while (environ[e] != NULL) {
    printf("  %s\n", environ[e]);
    ++e;
  }
  printf("Main completed\n");
  return 0;
}

Output:

Enter Testcase - QP0WTEST/TPZDLTE0
Before delete, these environment variables are set:
  PATH=/usr/bin:/home/me:%LIBL%
  TEST0=42
  TEST1=42
Delete the environment variables
After delete, these environment variables are set:
  PATH=/usr/bin:/home/me:%LIBL%
Main completed

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