Sathyaish wrote: > In which physical file are the python environmental variables located? > I know I can access them using the: > > > os.environ.get('PYTHONSTARTUP') > > or > > os.environ.get('PYTHONPATH') > > > to get their values. But out of the program, if I need to look at them > and alter their values, where do I find them? Are they the OS > environmental variables as I suspect? If they are, then I'll find them > with the other OS environ variables in My > Computer->System->Properties->Advanced->Environmental Variables. > > But I checked that place and did not find any default values for them.
They aren't necessarily stored somewhere - except in memory. You can open a cmd-prompt and do something like set FOO "bar" (syntax may vary, I'm a UNIX-guy) Then you will be able to access this variable from a process - like python. But it is nowhere saved. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list