Name

PassEnv

Synopsis

PassEnv

This directive passes an environment variable to CGI scripts from the environment that was in force when Apache was started.[2] The script might need to know the operating system, so you could use the following:

PassEnv OSTYPE

This variation assumes that your operating system sets OSTYPE, which is by no means a foregone conclusion.

[2] Note that when Apache is started during the system boot, the environment can be surprisingly sparse.

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