[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> # echo $HOSTTYPE
> x86_64
> # python
>>>> import os
>>>> print os.environ.get('HOSTTYPE')
> None
>
> If I do the same thing with a different variable (XILINX, in this
> case), it works fine.
bash documentation indicates that HOSTTYPE (and a few others: OSTYPE,
MACHTYPE, etc.) are variables set by the shell - not quite part of the
environment, as such, and they're don't seem to be available to any
subprocess: if you launch ksh from bash and check the variable, you'll
get none too (on netbsd at least).
So, that's a bash problem - not that it helps I guess :-) but bash docs
may have some more info about this issue.
j.
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