Setting UNIX environment with a Python script

[Grant Edwards]

In article <3C8D143A.17963385 at all.com>, Nom de Plume wrote:

> The only step left is sourcing the ora_env.[name] file from within
> Python in a way such that the environment of the parent shell is
> modified.  Anyone have any ideas?  I have tried:

It is not possible under Unix to modify the environment of your
parent process.  You can only modify your own environment and
then export that environment to your children.

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