`getenv`¶

Get or set an environment variable

Get the value of an environment variable

getenv x     getenv[x]

where x is a symbol atom naming an environment variable, returns its value.

q)getenv `SHELL
"/bin/bash"
q)getenv `UNKNOWN      / returns empty if variable not defined
""

`setenv`¶

Set the value of an environment variable

x setenv y     setenv[x;y]

where

sets the environment variable named by x.

q)`RTMP setenv "/home/user/temp"
q)getenv `RTMP
"/home/user/temp"
q)\echo $RTMP
"/home/user/temp"