Home Original page

Saving parameters between Python applications?

Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com
Mon Sep 17 10:15:04 EDT 2007 
Stodge a écrit :
> I'm trying to do the following. I have a Python application that is
> run:
> 
> python app1.py --location=c:\test1
> 
> What I want to do is save the location parameter, so I can then do (in
> the same window):
> 
> python app2.py
> 
> And have app2.py automatically have access to the value of "location".
> 
> Now, the difficult part is, that in another window I want to do:
> 
> python app1.py --location=c:\test2
> python app2.py
> 
> And have app2.py automatically get c:\test2 as the location. So the
> two windows (consoles) are isolated from each other.
> 
> I thought I could use os.environ, but that doesn't save the variable
> for applications that are run afterwards in the same window.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Yes : pass the same arg to both app1.py and app2.py !-)

Braindead, I know, but still the simplest solution.
More information about the Python-list mailing list