On 08/10/2021 20:32, mdeclerk wrote:
Add support to load variables from file using '-f/--file' option. Each line must match the pattern 'NAME=VALUE'. Empty lines and comments are ignored; comments start with '#' or whitepsaces followed by '#'. Values refering to one or more other variables indicated by a leading '$' (i.e., NEW_PATH=$PATH1:$PATH2:/my/path) are resolved with respect to the original environment. Unknown references are replaced with an empty string. This feature is intended to work in tandem with the '-i' option to setup a fresh envrionment plus the ability to import variables from the original environment as needed. Variables with the same name specified via command line override variables defined in the file.
This does seem useful. I see some overlap in functionality with the ENVIRON_FILE directive in login.defs(5) I'll look into this a bit more. thanks, Pádraig
