From: Glenn Jackman <glennj@...>
Date: 2009-08-08T03:55:11+09:00
Subject: Re: how to "source" a file?

At 2009-08-07 10:48AM, "Ken Feng" wrote:
>  I have a bash file ~/.myenv that contains environmental variables like:
>  
>  export EDITOR=vi
>  export FOO=bar
>  ..
>  
 
Since Ruby is not Bash, you have to parse the file:

    File.foreach("myenv") do |line| 
      line.chomp.scan(/^export (.+?)=(.*)$/) do |name, val| 
        ENV[name] = val
      end
    end

    p ENV['FOO']  # => "bar"


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