export variables through environ or system is not being updated

[subhav]

Hi,

Actually i want to export some variables like the foll in python, but $PATH is not updated. Any help would be highly appreciated

export TOOLS="/volume/build"
export PATH=$TOOLS:$PATH

os.system('export TOOLS="/volume/build"')
os.system('export PATH=$TOOLS:$PATH')
os.system( "echo $TOOLS")
os.system("echo $PATH")

Thanks
subha

[spjackson]

Each call to os.system invokes a different shell and the export only applies to that shell. You can do this if it helps.

os.system('export TOOLS="/volume/build"; export PATH=$TOOLS:$PATH; echo $TOOLS; echo $PATH')