re compiler fails

[uadmin]

Hi
I have tried to compile the code below with the following command on hpux - cc -Aa -o ouput.exe myproc.c

code :

#include <stdlib.h>
envvar=getenv(&quot;TERM&quot;
printf(&quot;The value for the environment variable TERM is &quot;
if(envvar)
{ printf(&quot;%s\n&quot;,envvar); }
else { printf(&quot;not set.\n&quot; }
}
After i try to compile i get the following message :
# cc -Aa -o ouput.exe myproc.c
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 2: warning 557: Missing declaration specifiers, &quot;int&quot; assumed.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 2: error 1521: Incorrect initialization.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 3: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: &quot;The value for the environment variable TERM is &quot;.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 4: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: &quot;if&quot;.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 3: warning 557: Missing declaration specifiers, &quot;int&quot; assumed.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 3: error 1506: Parameters allowed in function definition only.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 6: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: &quot;else&quot;.
cc: &quot;myproc.c&quot;, line 6: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: &quot;;&quot;.

Could anyone please advise me where i am going wrong.

Regards
Simon
Simon Peter Wickham
Email: s.wickham@zoom.co.uk

 

[uadmin]

Hi

Maybe i need to break it down a bit...
First i have the above code which when i try to compile reports errors.So what i would like to know is there a problem with the code or is it the way i am trying to compile it.

Thanks
Simon Simon Peter Wickham
Email: s.wickham@zoom.co.uk

 

[chipperMDW]

You need to have a main function. Your code needs to be inside the a function (in this case main) for it to execute. getenv() returns a char *, and your envvar is defaulting to an int, so you can't assign it.

#include <stdlib.h>
char *envvar=getenv(&quot;TERM&quot;
^^^^^^
int main() {
^^^^^^^^^^^^
printf(&quot;The value for the environment variable TERM is &quot;
if(envvar)
{ printf(&quot;%s\n&quot;,envvar); }
else { printf(&quot;not set.\n&quot; }
}

I added two things to your code (you already had the closing brace for the main function). That should compile, but in your if test, I believe you want it to check whether envvar == &quot;&quot;.

Hope that helps.

 

[uadmin]

Thanks for the help.
Simon Simon Peter Wickham
Email: s.wickham@zoom.co.uk