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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:03:36 -0400
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From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>
Subject: Environment of a process
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Greetings,

Where does a process get its environment if it is not executed from the
command line?  I have a program that connects to a database and relies on
several ENV VARS to be set.

I solved the problem with a shell script that wraps the program like this:

#!/bin/sh

set var;export
set var;export
set var;export

call program
exit

There has to be a more efficient way to do this?!  This particular program
is run as a CGI and wrapping it in a shell adds overhead that I'm trying to
cut down on.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Matthew


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