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# EnvironmentVariable Properties

The properties of the EnvironmentVariable class are listed below. For a complete list of EnvironmentVariable class members, see the EnvironmentVariable Members topic.

#### Public Instance Properties

Directory | The value for a directory-based environment variable. NAnt will convert it to an absolute path.
File | The value for a file-based environment variable. NAnt will convert it to an absolute filename.
IfDefined | Indicates if the environment variable should be passed to the external program. If true then the environment variable will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
LiteralValue | The literal value for the environment variable.
Name (inherited from Element) | Gets the name of the XML element used to initialize this element.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
Parent (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the parent of the element.
Path | The value for a PATH like environment variable. You can use `:` or `;` as path separators and NAnt will convert it to the platform's local conventions.
PathSet | Sets a single environment variable and treats it like a PATH - ensures the right separator for the local platform is used.
Project (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) | Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
UnlessDefined | Indicates if the environment variable should not be passed to the external program. If false then the environment variable will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.
Value | Gets the value of the environment variable.
VariableName | The name of the environment variable.

#### Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) | Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Location (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

#### See Also

EnvironmentVariable Class | NAnt.Core.Types Namespace