"Sourcing" a script's env into D?

Graham Fawcett fawcett at uwindsor.ca
Thu Sep 29 12:54:32 PDT 2011


On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:31:13 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> Due to process separation, the following won't work:
> 
> script.sh:
> #!/bin/sh
> SOME_VAR=foobar
> 
> test.d:
> import std.process;
> void main()
> {
>     system("./script.sh");
>     assert(environment["SOME_VAR"] == "foobar");
> }
> 
> This, of course, is because the script is run in a totally separate
> process (AIUI). The same thing happens in Windows, too.
> 
> Is there some way to actually get the env that results from the script?
> I'm looking for solutions for both Posix and Windows.

What about "export SOME_VAR=foobar"?

Best,
Graham




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