Environment Variables in Python on Linux

Question

Python\'s access to environment variables does not accurately reflect the operating system\'s view of the processes environment.

os.getenv and os.environ do not func

Answer 1

Another possibility is to use pdb, or some other python debugger instead, and change os.environ at the python level, rather than the C level. Here's a small recipe I posted to interrupt a running python process and provide access to a python console on receiving a signal. Alternatively, just stick a pdb.set_trace() at some point in your code you want to interrupt. In either case, just run the statement "import os; os.environ['SOME_VARIABLE']='my_value'" and you should be updated as far as python is concerned.

I'm not sure if this will also update the C environment with setenv, so if you have C modules using getenv directly you may have to do some more work to keep this in sync.