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How to fetch environment variables in Mac OS X using python?

How can I lookup environment variables (e.g. export HG_USER from .profile) using python code in Mac OS X?

Solution

  • os.environ is a dictionary containing all the environment variables. You need to import os before you can use it. So, for example HG_USER would be accessed by os.environ['HG_USER'].