Embedding setenv

[Bolton, Gawain [ADC:4808:EXCH]]

O'Rourke Clodagh-corour01 wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering does anyone know how to embed the setenv command in python.
> I've tried os.system("setenv  VARIABLE value")
> But I get:  sh: setenv: not found
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Clodagh O Rourke

Yeah try:

import os
os.environ[name] = value

Note that this will set the environment variable for the current process.

Your os.system() call did not work firstly because "setenv" is a csh command
and os.system() spawned a plain old shell session.  Secondly, this is the
wrong approach because the environment variable will be set only for the
sub-process created by the system() command.  Thirdly, this approach is very
inefficient.


Gawain

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