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How do you use environment variables in vxWorks?

In a vxWorks Real-Time process, you can pass environment variables as one of the parameter of the main routine.

How do you use the environment variables in the kernel context?

Solution

  • Call this directly from the VxWorks shell:

    putenv "<VARIABLE NAME>=<VALUE>"

    replace with your environment variable name and with the value you want to set it to.