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/** \file environment.hpp
  * \author Jared R. Males
  * \brief Utilities for working with the environment
  * \ingroup utils_files
  */
 
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#ifndef environment_hpp
#define environment_hpp
 
 
#include <locale>
#include <string>
 
namespace mx
{
namespace sys
{
   
/// Return the value of an environment variable
/** Call the standard getenv function, but handles the null pointer as an empty string.
  *
  * \returns the value of the environment varialbe, or empty string if it doesn't exist
  * 
  * \ingroup system
  */   
std::string getEnv(const std::string & estr /**< [in] is the name of the environment variable to query */);
 
}
}
 
#endif //environment_hpp