Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'variables': 0.07; 'friday,': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:set': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; '2.7': 0.14; 'language.': 0.14; 'mean,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:skip:e 10': 0.16; 'subject:variable': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'python?': 0.22; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; '31,': 0.24; 'environment': 0.24; 'question': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'easier': 0.31; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'editor': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'module.': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'dave': 0.60; 'manually': 0.60; 'url:about': 0.61; 'our': 0.64; 'dear': 0.65; '30,': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'within': 0.65; 'dont': 0.67; 'answer.': 0.68; 'wish': 0.70; '2014,': 0.84; 'permanently.': 0.84; 'received:btcentralplus.com': 0.84; 'angel': 0.91; 'received:86': 0.91; 'ware': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: set environmental variable from python Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:17:33 +0000 References: <5452EAE2.8020500@davea.name> <36c5d2db-a931-417e-ae8c-9c77acfc947b@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host86-178-21-119.range86-178.btcentralplus.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 In-Reply-To: <36c5d2db-a931-417e-ae8c-9c77acfc947b@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1414765066 news.xs4all.nl 2959 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51332 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80018 On 31/10/2014 02:36, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Friday, October 31, 2014 8:01:08 AM UTC+5:30, Zachary Ware wrote: >> On Thursday, October 30, 2014, Artur Bercik wrote: >> >> Dear Dave Angel >> >> >> Thanks for your answer. >> >> >> I am using Python 2.7 >> >> >> I want to set it permanently. >> I have to set several variables so it would be easier if I could set them from Python. >> >> >> Depending on how "permanently" you mean, about your only solutions >> would be "os.system('setx <...>')" or manually manipulating the >> registry with the _winreg module. > > Or dont do it from python but directly with regedit?? > > The question really is: Why do you wish to do this from within python? > > Or do it directly with something like the Rapid Environment Editor http://www.rapidee.com/en/about -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence