[REBOL] Re: REBOL_HOME
From: mumpsoid::gmx::com at: 31-Mar-2009 19:11
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch wrote:
> hi,
>
> I guess you refer to my script :-)
>
> its just a rebol implementation of the getenv function which allows you
> retrieve any of the system's environment variables.
>
> -MAx
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:42 AM, <mumpsoid-gmx.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > you can use the library system to get the env. directly... since its now
> > > free as of v2.7.6 its not a big deal.
> > >
> > > but you still need to source the config (user.r) script manually then.
> > >
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > ;- libc
> > > libc*: context [
> > >
> > > libc: make library! switch system/version/4 [
> > > 2 [%libc.dylib] ; OSX
> > > 3 [%msvcrt.dll] ; Windows
> > > 4 [%libc.so] ; Linux
> > > 7 [%libc.so] ; FreeBSD
> > > 8 [%libc.so] ; NetBSD
> > > 9 [%libc.so] ; OpenBSD
> > > 10 [%libc.so] ; Solaris
> > > ]
> > >
> > > getenv: make routine! [
> > > "Get an environment variable."
> > > in-string [string!] "Name of an environment variable"
> > > return: [string!]
> > > ] libc "getenv"
> > >
> > > ]
> > >
> > >
> > > ;- getenv
> > > getenv: func [
> > > "REBOL friendly getenv function"
> > > varname [word! string!]
> > > ][
> > > varname: to-string varname
> > > if find varname " " [
> > > to-error "os.getenv() varname may not contain spaces."
> > > ]
> > >
> > > return libc*/getenv as-string varname
> > > ]
> > >
> > > home-path: probe get-env 'HOME
> > >
> > > do join dirize to-rebol-file home-path %rebol-user-config.r
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > HTH!
> > >
> > > -MAx
> >
> > I don't yet understand REBOL enough or it's inner workings to "see"
> > how the above code would point the interpreter to where I want REBOL's
> > "script home" to be.
> > --
Please do not top-post....
Thank you for the script's explanation. I have saved it in my REBOL-snippets
file. You never know.....? L8r..
--
Duke Normandin
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