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Code for finding enviroment variable location
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
char *ptr;
if(argc < 3) {
printf("Usage: %s <envvar> <program>\n", argv[0]);
exit(0);
}
ptr = getenv(argv[1]); /* Get env var location. */
ptr += (strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(argv[2]))*2; /* Adjust for program name. */
printf("%p\n", ptr);
}
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