How to set environment variables that last

Question

I\'m trying to set some environment variables on my machine using Go OS

    err := os.Setenv(\"DBHOST\", dbHostLocal)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf(         


        

Answer 1

The only way to get the behavior you want is to alter the environment of the current shell, and the easiest way is with a simple shell script

# setup.sh
export DBHOST="dbhost.url"
export CONFIG_VAR_TWO="testing"

and then

$ source setup.sh