Embedding UNIX Commands

Kalle Svensson kalle at gnupung.net
Mon Feb 12 19:42:58 EST 2001


Sez D-Man:
> If you simply want to change the environment of your python process
> you can :
> 
> import sys
> sys.env[ "VAR" ] = "value"
> 
> 
> (also possibly the sys.setenv() function, try  dir( sys ) , and  print
> sys.setenv.__doc__ )

That should be
 import os
 os.environ["VAR"] = "value"
 os.putenv()
 dir(os)
and
 print os.putenv.__doc__
I believe.  At least with Python 2.x.

Check http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/os-procinfo.html for more info.

Otherwise, I agree with the previous speaker...

Peace,
  Kalle
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