-;;; env.el --- functions to manipulate environment variables.
+;;; env.el --- functions to manipulate environment variables
-;;; Copyright Free Software Foundation 1991
+;; Copyright (C) 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: processes, unix
-;;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-;;; any later version.
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+;; any later version.
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+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
;;; Commentary:
-;; UNIX processes inherit a list of name-to-string associations from
-;; their parents called their `environment'; these are commonly used
-;; to control program options. This package permits you to set
-;; environment variables to be passed to any sub-process run under Emacs.
+;; UNIX processes inherit a list of name-to-string associations from their
+;; parents called their `environment'; these are commonly used to control
+;; program options. This package permits you to set environment variables
+;; to be passed to any sub-process run under Emacs.
;;; Code:
-;;;###autoload
-(defun setenv (variable &optional value unset)
+;; History list for environment variable names.
+(defvar read-envvar-name-history nil)
+
+(defun read-envvar-name (prompt &optional mustmatch)
+ "Read environment variable name, prompting with PROMPT.
+Optional second arg MUSTMATCH, if non-nil, means require existing envvar name.
+If it is also not t, RET does not exit if it does non-null completion."
+ (completing-read prompt
+ (mapcar (function
+ (lambda (enventry)
+ (list (substring enventry 0
+ (string-match "=" enventry)))))
+ process-environment)
+ nil mustmatch nil 'read-envvar-name-history))
+
+;; History list for VALUE argument to setenv.
+(defvar setenv-history nil)
+
+
+(defun substitute-env-vars (string)
+ "Substitute environment variables referred to in STRING.
+`$FOO' where FOO is an environment variable name means to substitute
+the value of that variable. The variable name should be terminated
+with a character not a letter, digit or underscore; otherwise, enclose
+the entire variable name in braces. Use `$$' to insert a single
+dollar sign."
+ (let ((start 0))
+ (while (string-match
+ (rx (or (and "$" (submatch (1+ (in "a-zA-Z0-9_"))))
+ (and "${" (submatch (minimal-match (0+ anything))) "}")
+ "$$"))
+ string start)
+ (cond ((match-beginning 1)
+ (let ((value (getenv (match-string 1 string))))
+ (setq string (replace-match (or value "") t t string)
+ start (+ (match-beginning 0) (length value)))))
+ ((match-beginning 2)
+ (let ((value (getenv (match-string 2 string))))
+ (setq string (replace-match (or value "") t t string)
+ start (+ (match-beginning 0) (length value)))))
+ (t
+ (setq string (replace-match "$" t t string)
+ start (+ (match-beginning 0) 1)))))
+ string))
+
+
+(defun setenv (variable &optional value unset substitute-env-vars)
"Set the value of the environment variable named VARIABLE to VALUE.
VARIABLE should be a string. VALUE is optional; if not provided or is
-`nil', the environment variable VARIABLE will be removed.
+`nil', the environment variable VARIABLE will be removed. UNSET
+if non-nil means to remove VARIABLE from the environment.
+SUBSTITUTE-ENV-VARS, if non-nil, means to substitute environment
+variables in VALUE with `substitute-env-vars', where see.
+Value is the new value if VARIABLE, or nil if removed from the
+environment.
Interactively, a prefix argument means to unset the variable.
+Interactively, the current value (if any) of the variable
+appears at the front of the history list when you type in the new value.
+Interactively, always replace environment variables in the new value.
+
This function works by modifying `process-environment'."
(interactive
(if current-prefix-arg
- (list (read-string "Clear environment variable: ") nil t)
- (let ((var (read-string "Set environment variable: ")))
- (list var (read-string (format "Set %s to value: " var))))))
- (if unset (setq value nil))
+ (list (read-envvar-name "Clear environment variable: " 'exact) nil t)
+ (let* ((var (read-envvar-name "Set environment variable: " nil))
+ (value (getenv var)))
+ (when value
+ (push value setenv-history))
+ ;; Here finally we specify the args to give call setenv with.
+ (list var
+ (read-from-minibuffer (format "Set %s to value: " var)
+ nil nil nil 'setenv-history
+ value)
+ nil
+ t))))
+ (if unset
+ (setq value nil)
+ (if substitute-env-vars
+ (setq value (substitute-env-vars value))))
(if (string-match "=" variable)
(error "Environment variable name `%s' contains `='" variable)
(let ((pattern (concat "\\`" (regexp-quote (concat variable "="))))
(case-fold-search nil)
(scan process-environment)
found)
+ (if (string-equal "TZ" variable)
+ (set-time-zone-rule value))
(while scan
(cond ((string-match pattern (car scan))
(setq found t)
(if value
(setq process-environment
(cons (concat variable "=" value)
- process-environment)))))))
+ process-environment))))))
+ value)
+
+(defun getenv (variable)
+ "Get the value of environment variable VARIABLE.
+VARIABLE should be a string. Value is nil if VARIABLE is undefined in
+the environment. Otherwise, value is a string.
+
+This function consults the variable `process-environment'
+for its value."
+ (interactive (list (read-envvar-name "Get environment variable: " t)))
+ (let ((value (getenv-internal variable)))
+ (when (interactive-p)
+ (message "%s" (if value value "Not set")))
+ value))
(provide 'env)
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