Questions about putenv() and setenv()

[The] putenv(char *string); […] call seems fatally flawed. Yes, it is fatally flawed. It was preserved in POSIX (1988) because that was the prior art. The setenv() mechanism arrived later. Correction: The POSIX 1990 standard says in §B.4.6.1 “Additional functions putenv() and clearenv() were considered but rejected”. The Single Unix Specification (SUS) version 2 from … Read more

Why is the Powershell Environment PATH different to the System Environment PATH?

The change might be “delayed”, so try one or more of these solutions: Log off and on again; Task Manager > Restart “Windows Explorer” (explorer.exe) Restart your launcher app (launchy, SlickRun, etc) Reboot Explanation: Powershell will inherit the environment of the process that launched it (which depends on how you launch it). This is usually … Read more

Environment variables not working (Next.JS 9.4.4)

if you are using latest version of nextJs ( above 9 ) then follow these steps : Create a .env.local file in the root of the project. Add the prefix NEXT_PUBLIC_ to all of your environment variables. eg: NEXT_PUBLIC_SOMETHING=12345 use them in any JS file like with prefix process.env eg: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SOMETHING

When would os.environ[‘foo’] not match os.getenv(‘foo’)?

os.environ is created on import of the os module, and doesn’t reflect changes to the environment that occur afterwards unless modified directly. Interestingly enough, however, os.getenv() doesn’t actually get the most recent environment variables either, at least not in CPython. You see, in CPython, os.getenv() is apparently just a wrapper around os.environ.get() (see http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/6671c5039e15/Lib/os.py#l646). So … Read more

IntelliJ IDEA global environment variable configuration

I found a solution to set environment variables on IntelliJ that has been working very well for me, and is incredibly simple. Let me show you. This is the program (you can copy and paste it) we’re using to test: package com.javasd.intelijenv; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Map<String, … Read more

Why can’t Python see environment variables? [duplicate]

You need to export environment variables for child processes to see them: export SECRET_KEY Demo: $ SECRET_KEY=’foobar’ $ bin/python -c “import os; print os.environ.get(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘Nonesuch’)” Nonesuch $ export SECRET_KEY $ bin/python -c “import os; print os.environ.get(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘Nonesuch’)” foobar You can combine the setting and exporting in one step: export SECRET_KEY=xxx-xxx-xxxx Note that new variables in … Read more

Setting up enviroment variables in Windows 10 to use java and javac

Just set the path variable to JDK bin in environment variables. Variable Name : PATH Variable Value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\bin But the best practice is to set JAVA_HOME and PATH as follow. Variable Name : JAVA_HOME Variable Value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31 Variable Name : PATH Variable Value : %JAVA_HOME%\bin