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slight rewording based on debian bug report #357388 by Justin Pryzby

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Daniel Stenberg 2006-03-17 08:22:50 +00:00
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@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ will instead be made "available" by source code access only, and then as
curlx_getenv().
.SH RETURN VALUE
If successful, curl_getenv() returns a pointer to the value of the specified
environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed why the application must
free() this when the data has completed to serve its purpose. When
.I curl_getenv(3)
fails to find the specified name, it returns a null pointer.
environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed so the application must
free() this when the data is no longer needed. When \fIcurl_getenv(3)\fP fails
to find the specified name, it returns a null pointer.
.SH NOTE
Under unix operating systems, there isn't any point in returning an allocated
memory, although other systems won't work properly if this isn't done. The