help w/ putenv

[Chad Netzer]

On Monday 09 December 2002 20:58, czrpb wrote:
> I run the following script:
[clip]
>     os.putenv("PWD",value)

> in the following way:
>     %strace ./script.py "hi mom" |& fgrep -i 'putenv'
> And see NO system calls to putenv.

"putenv" is not a system call on your Unix.  I'm not sure it is on 
any.  It is in section "3" of the man pages.

You probably want something like 'ltrace' or 'ptrace'.

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Chad Netzer
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