env

ENV Package

The env package provides methods for working with the OS environment. Go already provides a rich set of tools for this purpose, and these methods simply add some convience.

Package Methods

Below is a reference of exported methods in this package.

Getenv(key, defaultValue string) string

Getenv takes a key name, and a default value and returns a string. If there is an environment variable in the OS with this key name then that value is returned. Otherwise the default value is returned.