How do I source environment variables for a command shell in a Ruby script?

Question

I\'m trying to run some third party bash scripts from within my ruby program.

Before I can run them they require me to source a file. On the command line it all wor

Answer 1

Do this:

$ source whatever.sh
$ set > variables.txt

And then in Ruby:

File.readlines("variables.txt").each do |line|
  values = line.split("=")
  ENV[values[0]] = values[1]
end

After you've ran this, your environment should be good to go.