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1 ;;; -*-Emacs-Lisp-*- Functions to manipulate environment variables.
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2 ;;; Copyright Free Software Foundation 1991
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4 ;;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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6 ;;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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7 ;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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8 ;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
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9 ;;; any later version.
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11 ;;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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12 ;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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13 ;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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14 ;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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16 ;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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17 ;;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
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18 ;;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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20 (defun setenv (variable value)
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21 "Set the value of the environment variable named VARIABLE to VALUE.
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22 VARIABLE and VALUE should both be strings.
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23 This function works by modifying process-environment."
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24 (if (string-match "=" variable)
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25 (error "name of environment variable contains an '=' character")
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26 (let ((pattern (concat "^" (regexp-quote (concat variable "="))))
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27 (scan process-environment))
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28 (while scan
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29 (cond
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30 ((string-match pattern (car scan))
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31 (setcar scan (concat variable "=" value))
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32 (setq scan nil))
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33 ((null (setq scan (cdr scan)))
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34 (setq process-environment
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35 (cons (concat variable "=" value) process-environment))))))))
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37 (provide 'setenv)
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