Env class

Sets gets an environment variable for the current process.

Passing a null value will remove the key from the set of environment variables.

Any child process spawned will inherit these changes. e.g.

  /// Set the environment variable 'XXX' to 'A Value'
  env['XXX'] = 'A Value';

  // the echo command will display the value off XXX.
  '''echo $XXX'''.run;

  /// Get the current value of an environment variable
  var xxx = env['XXX'];

NOTE: this does NOT affect the parent processes environment.

Implementation class for the functions env[] and env[]=.

Constructors

Env(): Implementation class for the functions env[] and env[]=. Returns a singleton unless we are running in a Scope and a scopeKey for Env has been placed into the scope.
factory
Env.forScope(Map<String, String> map): Use this ctor for injecting an altered Environment into a Scope. The main use for this ctor is for unit testing.
factory

Properties

delimiterForPATH → String: returns the delimiter used by the PATH enviorment variable.
no setter
entries → Iterable<MapEntry<String, String>>: Returns the complete set of Environment variable entries.
no setter
hashCode → int: The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
HOME → String: Gets the path to the user's home directory using the enviornment var appropriate for the user's OS.
no setter
runtimeType → Type: A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited

Methods

addAll(Map<String, String> other) → void: Adds all of the entries in the other map as environment variables. Case translation will occur if the platform is case sensitive.
addToPATHIfAbsent(String newPath) → void: Adds newPath to the PATH environment variable if it is not already present.
appendToPATH(String newPath) → void: Appends newPath to the list of paths in the PATH environment variable.
exists(String key) → bool: Returns true if an environment variable with the name key exists.
fromJson(String json) → void: Takes a json string created by toJson clears the current set of environment variables and replaces them with the environment variables encoded in the json string.
isOnPATH(String checkPath) → bool: returns true if the given checkPath is in the list of paths defined in the environment variable PATH.
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic: Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
prependToPATH(String newPath) → void: Prepends newPath to the list of paths in the PATH environment variable provided the path isn't already on the PATH.
removeFromPATH(String oldPath) → void: Removes the given oldPath from the PATH environment variable.
toJson() → String: Encodes all environment variables to a json string. This method is intended to be used in conjuction with fromJson.
toString() → String: A string representation of this object.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool: The equality operator.
inherited
operator [](String name) → String?: Returns the value of an environment variable.
operator []=(String name, String? value) → void: Sets the value of an environment variable

Static Properties

scopeKey ↔ ScopeKey<Env>: getter/setter pair