On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 06:49:31 PM Johannes Bauer wrote: > Hi group, > > I've tracked down a bug in my application to a rather strange > phaenomenon: os.putenv() doesn't seem to have any effect on my platform > > (x86-64 Gentoo Linux, Python 3.2.3): > >>> os.getenv("PATH") > > '/usr/joebin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:~/b > in' > >>> os.putenv("PATH", "/") > >>> os.getenv("PATH") > > '/usr/joebin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:~/b > in' > >>> os.getenv("FOO") > >>> os.putenv("FOO", "BAR") > >>> os.getenv("FOO") > > Does anybody know why this would happen or what I could be doing wrong? > Help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Johannes > > if you are trying to add a dir to a linux path you need to understand how to add or change environment variables. research this; $ export PATH= $PATH: ???/???/???
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