Vivek Chaudhary enlightened us with:
Is it possible to set an environment variable in python script whose
value is retained even after the script exits.
It is, if you have absolute control over the calling environment.
Is it possible to somehow create this environment variable inside
python script which will be avaibale even after the script exits. In
otherwords, after I run my script, if I do a "echo $name" in my
shell, it should return the value "vivek"
Here is an example Python script:
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import sys
name = sys.stdin.readline()
print "export name=%s" % name.strip()
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If you call it like this:
bash$ $(python examplescript)
It'll change the 'name' variable of your shell. It's not really a
generic nor an elegant way of doing this. Heck, it even depends on the
type of shell you're using. If it suits your needs, be happy ;-)
Sybren
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