

_G_e_t _E_n_v_i_r_o_n_m_e_n_t _V_a_r_i_a_b_l_e_s

     getenv(x)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: a character vector

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     `getenv' obtains the values of the environment vari-
     ables named by `x'.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A vector of the same length as `x', with the variable
     names as its `names' attribute.  Each element holds the
     value of the environment variable named by the
     corresponding component of `x' (or `""' if no environ-
     ment variable with that name was found).

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     getenv(c("RHOME", "R_PAPERSIZE", "R_PRINTCMD"))

