glibmm: Glib::Environ Class Reference

glibmm 2.89.0

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Glib::Environ Class Reference

A convenience class for manipulating a copy of the environment variables. More...

`#include <glibmm/environ.h>`

## Public Member Functions
| Environ ()
| Constructs a list of environment variables for the current process.
| Environ (const std::vector< std::string > & env_vec)
| Constructs a Glib::Environ instance from a vector.
std::optional< std::string > | get (StdStringView variable) const
| Gets the value of the environment variable variable.
std::optional< std::string > | operator[] (StdStringView variable) const
| Same as get().
void | set (StdStringView variable, StdStringView value, bool overwrite=true)
| Sets the environment variable variable in the provided list to value.
void | unset (StdStringView variable)
| Removes the environment variable variable from the provided list.
std::vector< std::string > | to_vector () const
| Get a vector with the environment variables.

## Detailed Description

A convenience class for manipulating a copy of the environment variables.

Useful for generating the envp parameter in calls to Glib::spawn_async_with_pipes(), Glib::spawn_async() and Glib::spawn_sync().

If you want to change the environment itself (i.e. not a copy of it), see Glib::getenv(), Glib::setenv() and Glib::unsetenv().

Since glibmm 2.70

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## ◆ Environ() [1/2]

Glib::Environ::Environ | ( |  | ) |

Constructs a list of environment variables for the current process.

Each item in the list is of the form 'NAME=VALUE'.

## ◆ Environ() [2/2]

Glib::Environ::Environ | ( | const std::vector< std::string > & | env_vec | ) |
| explicit

Constructs a Glib::Environ instance from a vector.

Parameters

  env_vec | A vector with the environment variables. Each element in the vector must be of the form 'NAME=VALUE'.

## Member Function Documentation

## ◆ get()

std::optional< std::string > Glib::Environ::get | ( | StdStringView | variable | ) | const

Gets the value of the environment variable variable.

Parameters

  variable | The environment variable to get, must not contain '='.

Returns
  The value of the environment variable, or an empty std::optional if the environment variable is not set in this Environ.

## ◆ operator[]()

std::optional< std::string > Glib::Environ::operator[] | ( | StdStringView | variable | ) | const
| inline

Same as get().

## ◆ set()

void Glib::Environ::set | ( | StdStringView | variable,
|  | StdStringView | value,
|  | bool | overwrite = true )

Sets the environment variable variable in the provided list to value.

Parameters

  variable | The environment variable to set, must not contain '='.
  value | The value to set the variable to.
  overwrite | Whether to change the variable if it already exists.

## ◆ to_vector()

std::vector< std::string > Glib::Environ::to_vector | ( |  | ) | const

Get a vector with the environment variables.

Returns
  A vector with the environment variables. Each element in the vector is of the form 'NAME=VALUE'.

## ◆ unset()

void Glib::Environ::unset | ( | StdStringView | variable | ) |

Removes the environment variable variable from the provided list.

Parameters

  variable | The environment variable to remove, must not contain '='.