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@@ -7415,6 +7415,19 @@ of the current spec.
The following built-in spec functions are provided:
@table @code
+@item @code{getenv}
+The @code{getenv} spec function takes two arguments: an environment
+variable name and a string. If the environment variable is not
+defined, a fatal error is issued. Otherwise, the return value is the
+value of the environment variable concatenated with the string. For
+example, if @env{TOPDIR} is defined as @file{/path/to/top}, then:
+
+@smallexample
+%:getenv(TOPDIR /include)
+@end smallexample
+
+expands to @file{/path/to/top/include}.
+
@item @code{if-exists}
The @code{if-exists} spec function takes one argument, an absolute
pathname to a file. If the file exists, @code{if-exists} returns the