Python subprocess/Popen with a modified environment

Question

I believe that running an external command with a slightly modified environment is a very common case. That\'s how I tend to do it:

import subprocess, os
my_         


        

Answer 1

To temporarily set an environment variable without having to copy the os.envrion object etc, I do this:

process = subprocess.Popen(['env', 'RSYNC_PASSWORD=foobar', 'rsync', \
'rsync://username@foobar.com::'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)