PATH environment variable

[Fredrik Lundh]

mirandacascade at yahoo.com wrote:

> Based on a search of other posts in this group, it appears as though
> os.environ['PATH'] is one way to obtain the PATH environment variable.
>
> My questions:
> 1) is it correct that os.environ['PATH'] contains the PATH environment
> variable?

yes.

> 2) are there other ways to obtain the PATH environment variable? if so,
> is one way of obtaining the PATH environment variable preferable to
> another way?

no.  using the environ variable is the preferred way to read environment
variables.

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