diff --git a/include/bx/os.h b/include/bx/os.h
index 7258970..92edacd 100644
--- a/include/bx/os.h
+++ b/include/bx/os.h
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ namespace bx
 	void dlclose(void* _handle);
 
 	///
-	void* dlsym(void* _handle, const char* _symbol);
+	void* dlsym(void* _handle, const StringView& _symbol);
 
 	///
-	bool getEnv(const char* _name, char* _out, uint32_t* _inOutSize);
+	bool getEnv(char* _out, uint32_t* _inOutSize, const StringView& _name);
 
 	///
-	void setEnv(const char* _name, const char* _value);
+	void setEnv(const StringView& _name, const StringView& _value);
 
 	///
 	int chdir(const char* _path);
diff --git a/src/filepath.cpp b/src/filepath.cpp
index f3a5431..888da2f 100644
--- a/src/filepath.cpp
+++ b/src/filepath.cpp
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ namespace bx
 		return size;
 	}
 
-	static bool getEnv(const char* _name, FileInfo::Enum _type, char* _out, uint32_t* _inOutSize)
+	static bool getEnv(char* _out, uint32_t* _inOutSize, const StringView& _name, FileInfo::Enum _type)
 	{
 		uint32_t len = *_inOutSize;
 		*_out = '\0';
 
-		if (getEnv(_name, _out, &len) )
+		if (getEnv(_out, &len, _name) )
 		{
 			FileInfo fi;
 			if (stat(_out, fi)
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ namespace bx
 	{
 		return false
 #if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-			|| getEnv("USERPROFILE", FileInfo::Directory, _out, _inOutSize)
+			|| getEnv(_out, _inOutSize, "USERPROFILE", FileInfo::Directory)
 #endif // BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-			|| getEnv("HOME", FileInfo::Directory, _out, _inOutSize)
+			|| getEnv(_out, _inOutSize, "HOME", FileInfo::Directory)
 			;
 	}
 
@@ -217,21 +217,21 @@ namespace bx
 		*_inOutSize = len;
 		return result;
 #else
-		static const char* s_tmp[] =
+		static const StringView s_tmp[] =
 		{
 			"TMPDIR",
 			"TMP",
 			"TEMP",
 			"TEMPDIR",
 
-			NULL
+			""
 		};
 
-		for (const char** tmp = s_tmp; *tmp != NULL; ++tmp)
+		for (const StringView* tmp = s_tmp; !tmp->isEmpty(); ++tmp)
 		{
 			uint32_t len = *_inOutSize;
 			*_out = '\0';
-			bool ok = getEnv(*tmp, FileInfo::Directory, _out, &len);
+			bool ok = getEnv(_out, &len, *tmp, FileInfo::Directory);
 
 			if (ok
 			&&  len != 0
diff --git a/src/os.cpp b/src/os.cpp
index 0051d69..0e925bb 100644
--- a/src/os.cpp
+++ b/src/os.cpp
@@ -202,26 +202,34 @@ namespace bx
 #endif // BX_PLATFORM_
 	}
 
-	void* dlsym(void* _handle, const char* _symbol)
+	void* dlsym(void* _handle, const StringView& _symbol)
 	{
+		const int32_t symbolMax = _symbol.getLength()+1;
+		char* symbol = (char*)alloca(symbolMax);
+		bx::strCopy(symbol, symbolMax, _symbol);
+
 #if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-		return (void*)::GetProcAddress( (HMODULE)_handle, _symbol);
+		return (void*)::GetProcAddress( (HMODULE)_handle, symbol);
 #elif  BX_PLATFORM_EMSCRIPTEN \
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_PS4        \
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_XBOXONE    \
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_WINRT      \
 	|| BX_CRT_NONE
-		BX_UNUSED(_handle, _symbol);
+		BX_UNUSED(_handle, symbol);
 		return NULL;
 #else
-		return ::dlsym(_handle, _symbol);
+		return ::dlsym(_handle, symbol);
 #endif // BX_PLATFORM_
 	}
 
-	bool getEnv(const char* _name, char* _out, uint32_t* _inOutSize)
+	bool getEnv(char* _out, uint32_t* _inOutSize, const StringView& _name)
 	{
+		const int32_t nameMax = _name.getLength()+1;
+		char* name = (char*)alloca(nameMax);
+		bx::strCopy(name, nameMax, _name);
+
 #if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-		DWORD len = ::GetEnvironmentVariableA(_name, _out, *_inOutSize);
+		DWORD len = ::GetEnvironmentVariableA(name, _out, *_inOutSize);
 		bool result = len != 0 && len < *_inOutSize;
 		*_inOutSize = len;
 		return result;
@@ -229,10 +237,10 @@ namespace bx
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_XBOXONE \
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_WINRT   \
 	|| BX_CRT_NONE
-		BX_UNUSED(_name, _out, _inOutSize);
+		BX_UNUSED(name, _out, _inOutSize);
 		return false;
 #else
-		const char* ptr = ::getenv(_name);
+		const char* ptr = ::getenv(name);
 		uint32_t len = 0;
 		bool result = false;
 		if (NULL != ptr)
@@ -251,23 +259,35 @@ namespace bx
 #endif // BX_PLATFORM_
 	}
 
-	void setEnv(const char* _name, const char* _value)
+	void setEnv(const StringView& _name, const StringView& _value)
 	{
+		const int32_t nameMax = _name.getLength()+1;
+		char* name = (char*)alloca(nameMax);
+		bx::strCopy(name, nameMax, _name);
+
+		char* value = NULL;
+		if (!_value.isEmpty() )
+		{
+			int32_t valueMax = _value.getLength()+1;
+			value = (char*)alloca(valueMax);
+			bx::strCopy(value, valueMax, _value);
+		}
+
 #if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-		::SetEnvironmentVariableA(_name, _value);
+		::SetEnvironmentVariableA(name, value);
 #elif  BX_PLATFORM_PS4     \
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_XBOXONE \
 	|| BX_PLATFORM_WINRT   \
 	|| BX_CRT_NONE
-		BX_UNUSED(_name, _value);
+		BX_UNUSED(name, value);
 #else
-		if (NULL != _value)
+		if (NULL != value)
 		{
-			::setenv(_name, _value, 1);
+			::setenv(name, value, 1);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			::unsetenv(_name);
+			::unsetenv(name);
 		}
 #endif // BX_PLATFORM_
 	}