Is it possible to set an environment variable from inside the python script which will be retained after the script exits.
If I use the following code: import os os.putvar("name", "tuxlover") the enivironment variable name is visible to only the sub-process created by os.system and os.popen. But as soon as the python script vanishes, the environment variable "name" is gone. What I am wondering is that is it possible to set a environment variable from inside a python script, and then access it (say, echo $name from the shell) after the python script exits. Thanks Tuxlover -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list