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I see some NodeJS programs executed like this PARAM=1;node program.js Im assuming its putting PARAM=1 into the environment. How do I access this in the node program? thanks,

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  • You didn't search, did you ? Commented May 31, 2013 at 16:08

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Yes, PARAM=1 is setting an environment variable.

Depending on which shell you're using, you may need to use export PARAM=1 so the setting makes it to the child process. Otherwise the value would only exist for the shell.

As dystroy pointed out, the rest of your question is answered here.

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