From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-04-12T17:15:20+09:00
Subject: Re: exec with environment?

On 12.04.2008 06:57, Ian Peters-campbell wrote:
> I am running a Ruby script which needs to set some environment variables
> and then execute non-Ruby programs through Linux and pass the modified
> environment to the new processes.  It doesn't look as though I can do
> this with 'exec', is there a way to do this with existing Ruby
> functionality?

Homegrown solution would be

new_env = {}

unless fork
   ENV.clear # if needed
   ENV.update new_env
   exec...
end

Kind regards

	robert