os.putenv ?

[Erik Max Francis]

Jacek Generowicz wrote:

> I can't really expect users to change their shells, just because I'm
> too lazy to write a script for their shell.

The Bourne-like and the csh-likes are all very distinct and very
predictable in their behavior.  You could easily support both
Bourne-like shells and csh-like shells with a simple layer (depending on
how complicated the script you want to write is).

Or just say that your applications works only with Bourne-like shells
and if you use something else, well, tough.  What you're doing (trying
to execute shell code in someone else's shell by means of some other
script) is already in the class of "things you cannot really do without
cheating."

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