On 3/12/07, Tommy Nordgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12 mar 2007, at 11.33, Maxim Veksler 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). > > > > Thank you, > > Maxim. > This is not possible to do directly. > There is however a possibility to solve this problem under special > circumstances. > 1. Your python (/perl/shell/etc) script must write the wanted > environment > variables to standard out, as key-value pairs with a suitable separator. > 2. The invoking shell must agree with your script as to what > separator is used. > 3. In the calling shell do myshellvars=`your_python_script`; > 4. Now the calling shell can parse the variable myshellvars to set > up the environment.
Yes, thats exactly what I was set to do. <<< bash for export_val in $(python env_variables_maxim.py); do export $export_val; done >>> <<< python (env_variables_maxim.py) print 'FOO=123 BAR=/home/src:$BAR PATH=/nfs/bin' >>> Thank you. > ------ > What is a woman that you forsake her, and the hearth fire and the > home acre, > to go with the old grey Widow Maker. --Kipling, harp song of the > Dane women > Tommy Nordgren > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Cheers, Maxim Veksler "Free as in Freedom" - Do u GNU ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
