On Mar 12, 11:33 am, "Maxim Veksler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm trying to write a python script that would allow me to manipulate > shell variables of the calling shell. I'm trying to write some logic > that would know to add LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the users environment. > > In bash this is done with "export", can I do this with python? (If at > all possible because python is actually a sub process of bash). >
The Popen class from the subprocess module takes an optional 'env' parameter, which defines environment variables for the child process created by Popen, if that helps. Gerard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
