Source Bash variables into Python environ.

hepburnenthorpe · 05-07-2007, 09:35 AM

I'm looking for a way to source a bash file and get some variables defined within to appear within my python environment. Something like...

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
os.exec('source foo.sh')
env = os.environ
for i in env:
  print i + "\n",

Any ideas?

theNbomr · 05-07-2007, 10:57 AM

In any programming language, you will have to parse the script and use the system functions (typically named something like putenv() & getenv() ) to manipulate environment variables. Any attempt to run a child shell that executes or sources the script will fail, because the child's shell is wholely independent of the parent (your program). Sorry I can't give Python-specific methods to help you.

--- rod.