From 5af75e2333b3c568a70d8301e12716e38ae06b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ray Molenkamp Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:18:32 -0600 Subject: Cleanup: Update doc string for BLI_getenv The reason for this functions existence was poorly documented --- source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c') diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c index cde4394a8c3..01bd0329f58 100644 --- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c +++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c @@ -1299,6 +1299,11 @@ void BLI_setenv_if_new(const char *env, const char *val) /** * Get an env var, result has to be used immediately. + * + * On windows getenv gets its variables from a static copy of the enviroment variables taken at + * process startup, causing it to not pick up on evenironment variables created during runtime. + * This function uses an alternative method to get enviroment variables that does pick up on + * runtime environment variables. */ const char *BLI_getenv(const char *env) { -- cgit v1.2.3