Stodge wrote: > os.path.expanduser isn't an option; I need each console/window to > maintain different values which I wouldn't get from saving to a user's > home directory. Unless I used a different file for each console/window > but that just gets me into the same situation I'm already in. I think > the only option is to set environment variables using another script. > I'm really surprised and disapponited by this. > That's a sign of your inexperience, then. As someone has already pointed out, this is nothing to do with Python.
Under UNIX/Linux you could use the $$ variable to construct a filename specific to a particular shell process and put it in the environment, but I'm not aware of a similar feature in Windows. This is probably a sign of *my* inexperience :-) > One option I thought of but haven't investigated, is the ability to > get the parent (i.e. console's) process id and use that to create a > file somewhere. Not sure if this is even possible. > You might be able to write a Python program to access it :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
