Getting a Unix environment variable

Hi, everyone.
I need to use a Unix enviroment variable from a form. This form
is gonna use this variable in order to be the path of another
form who is gonna be called.
In other words:
CALL_FORM( $unix_var + '/forms/myform_name' );
unix_var is what I want to get.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Eduardo

It worked, Michael. Thanks a lot!
To the documentation guys at Oracle... This is how you define
the TOOL_ENV package in the Forms' help:
"The TOOL_ENV package allows you to interact with Oracle
environment variables by retrieving their values for use in
subprograms."
Suggestion: ...with Oracle environment variables AND OTHER
SYSTEM OPERATION ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES...
because this narrow definition can prevent people for trying to
use it to retrieve other NON-ORACLE environment variable via
this package. Thanks.

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