According to John Michael Black:

There's been a lot of getenvs going around here lately. :) Has anyone found a method that works yet? The last thing posted about it gave this:

Function GetEnv ( Name: __CString__ ): PChar; C;

GPC does not recognize PChar -- at least ours doesn't.

You must *define* PChar first: Type PChar = ^Char; Perhaps you should try that Borland compatible GetEnv Function in the Tools Unit of BO5. See ftp://kampi.hut.fi/jtv/gnu-pascal/turbo-alpha/bo5.zip Greetings, Peter e-mail: peter.gerwinski@uni-essen.de home address: D\"usseldorfer Str. 35, 45145 Essen, Germany WWW: http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~peter/