+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// env vars
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value)
+{
+ // wxGetenv is defined as getenv()
+ wxChar *p = wxGetenv(var);
+ if ( !p )
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if ( value )
+ {
+ *value = p;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& variable, const wxChar *value)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_SETENV)
+ return setenv(variable.mb_str(), value ? wxString(value).mb_str().data()
+ : NULL, 1 /* overwrite */) == 0;
+#elif defined(HAVE_PUTENV)
+ wxString s = variable;
+ if ( value )
+ s << _T('=') << value;
+
+ // transform to ANSI
+ const char *p = s.mb_str();
+
+ // the string will be free()d by libc
+ char *buf = (char *)malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
+ strcpy(buf, p);
+
+ return putenv(buf) == 0;
+#else // no way to set an env var
+ return FALSE;
+#endif
+}
+
+