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Re: os.putenv() has no effect

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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: ???/???/???

jd
inqvista.com


 

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os.putenv() has no effect Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2013-06-18 18:49 +0200
  Re: os.putenv() has no effect Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2013-06-18 19:48 +0200
  Re: os.putenv() has no effect inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2013-06-18 13:24 -0400
  Re: os.putenv() has no effect Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-18 14:09 -0400
    Re: os.putenv() has no effect Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2013-06-18 20:12 +0200
      Re: os.putenv() has no effect Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2013-06-18 20:16 +0200
  Re: os.putenv() has no effect Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-06-18 13:22 -0500
  Re: os.putenv() has no effect Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-18 16:31 -0400

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