env_ext

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env_ext adds additional methods to ENV for common environment variables, used on Linux, BSD, OSX and Windows.

• {EnvExt::Methods#paths ENV.paths} -PATH
• {EnvExt::Methods#ld_library_paths ENV.ld_library_paths} - LD_LIBRARY_PATH
• {EnvExt::Methods#host_name ENV.host_name} -HOMENAME
• {EnvExt::Methods#user ENV.user} -USER or LOGNAME
• {EnvExt::Methods#home ENV.home} - HOME, USERPROFILE, or HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE on Windows.
• {EnvExt::Methods#lang ENV.lang} - LANG
• {EnvExt::Methods#timezone ENV.timezone} - TZ
• {EnvExt::Methods#shell ENV.shell} - SHELL
• {EnvExt::Methods#shell ENV.shell_name} - SHELL
• {EnvExt::Methods#columns ENV.columns} - COLOMNS
• {EnvExt::Methods#lines ENV.lines} - LINES
• {EnvExt::Methods#terminal ENV.terminal} - TERM or COLORTERM
• {EnvExt::Methods#editor ENV.editor} - EDITOR
• {EnvExt::Methods#browser ENV.browser} - BROWSER
• {EnvExt::Methods#debug? ENV.debug?} - DEBUG

require 'env_ext'

Parse complex variables:

ENV.home
# => #<Pathname:/home/alice>

ENV.paths
# => [#<Pathname:/usr/local/bin>, #<Pathname:/usr/bin>, #<Pathname:/bin>, #<Pathname:/usr/local/sbin>, #<Pathname:/usr/sbin>, #<Pathname:/sbin>]

ENV.lang
# => ["en_US", "utf8"]

ENV.terminal
# => "gnome-terminal"

ENV.shell
# => "/bin/bash"

ENV.editor
# => "vim"

Extend your own ENV hash:

MyENV.extend EnvExt::Methods

$ gem install env_ext

Copyright (c) 2011-2020 Hal Brodigan

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