### Method

# Gio SubprocessLauncher setenv

since: 2.40

#### Declaration

    void
    g_subprocess_launcher_setenv (
      GSubprocessLauncher* self,
      const gchar* variable,
      const gchar* value,
      gboolean overwrite
    )

#### Description

Sets the environment variable `variable` in the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

On UNIX, both the variable’s name and value can be arbitrary byte strings, except that the variable’s name cannot contain ‘=’. On Windows, they should be in UTF-8.

Available since: 2.40

#### Parameters

`variable`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  The environment variable to set, must not contain ‘=’

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding.

`value`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  The new value for the variable.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding.

`overwrite`

  Type: `gboolean`

  Whether to change the variable if it already exists.