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- ;;; env.el --- functions to manipulate environment variables.
-
- ;;; Copyright Free Software Foundation 1991
-
- ;; Maintainer: FSF
- ;; Keywords: processes, unix
-
- ;;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
- ;;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- ;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- ;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- ;;; any later version.
-
- ;;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- ;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- ;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- ;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- ;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- ;;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- ;;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- ;;; Commentary:
-
- ;; UNIX processes inherit a list of name-to-string associations from
- ;; their parents called their `environment'; these are commonly used
- ;; to control program options. This package permits you to set
- ;; environment variables to be passed to any sub-process run under Emacs.
-
- ;;; Code:
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defun setenv (variable &optional value)
- "Set the value of the environment variable named VARIABLE to VALUE.
- VARIABLE should be a string. VALUE is optional; if not provided or is
- `nil', the environment variable VARIABLE will be removed.
- This function works by modifying `process-environment'."
- (interactive "sSet environment variable: \nsSet %s to value: ")
- (if (string-match "=" variable)
- (error "Environment variable name `%s' contains `='" variable)
- (let ((pattern (concat "\\`" (regexp-quote (concat variable "="))))
- (case-fold-search nil)
- (scan process-environment))
- (while scan
- (cond
- ((string-match pattern (car scan))
- (if (eq nil value)
- (setq process-environment (delq (car scan) process-environment))
- (setcar scan (concat variable "=" value)))
- (setq scan nil))
- ((null (setq scan (cdr scan)))
- (setq process-environment
- (cons (concat variable "=" value) process-environment))))))))
-
- (provide 'env)
-
- ;;; env.el ends here
-