Variable Name:
os.environ
Overview:
- Several aspects of a system can be defined and controlled through a set of variables, which are called together as the environment. Example: $HOME environment variable defines the pathname of the home directory of the user.
- The set of environment variables is available to Python through the variable os.environ of the os module.
- Based on the implementation new variables can be added and removed as well using the os.environ.
- The Python os module provides a binary or byte strings version as well through os.environb based on the value of os.supports_bytes_environ. The os.supports_bytes_environ is a binary value.
Example:
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import os
# Print the $HOME environment variable print("The $Home environment variable as defined:") print(os.environ['HOME'])
# Add a new variable to the environment newVar = 'TestLogPath' os.environ[newVar] = os.environ['HOME']+'/'+'TestLogs'
print("Value of the newly added variable named %s:"%(newVar)) print(os.environ[newVar]) |
Output:
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The $Home environment variable as defined: /Users/PythonCoder Value of the newly added variable named TestLogPath: /Users/PythonCoder/TestLogs |