From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2008-02-08T05:43:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ENV


On Feb 7, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Sebastian Hungerecker wrote:

> RVC planning wrote:
>> ENV['BRIDGE_SUPPORT_PATH'] = '/Volumes/Data/src/svn-rubycocoa-apple/
>> framework/bridge-support'
>> [...]
>> Can someone please explain what this is, what it does, and where  
>> it is
>> documented?
>
> ENV is a Hash-like object (but not a hash) that contains the  
> environment
> variables of your environment. ENV['BRIDGE_SUPPORT_PATH'] = '...'  
> sets the
> environment variable BRIDGE_SUPPORT_PATH to '...' for you and all  
> processes
> inheriting your environment.
>
> HTH,
> Sebastian
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indeed,
all this is doing is setting the path to the rubycocoa bridge,  
they're setting that based on the location of the bridge as it is  
with the shipped version of Leopard (10.5)