bool setEnv(string const & name, string const & value)
{
// CHECK Look at and fix this.
// f.ex. what about error checking?
string encoded;
try {
encoded = to_local8bit(from_utf8(value));
} catch (...) {
return false;
}
#if defined (HAVE_SETENV)
return ::setenv(name.c_str(), encoded.c_str(), 1) == 0;
#elif defined (HAVE_PUTENV)
// According to http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/putenv.html
// the argument of putenv() needs to be static, because changing its
// value will change the environment. Therefore we need a different static
// storage for each variable.
// FIXME THREAD
static map<string, string> varmap;
varmap[name] = name + '=' + encoded;
return ::putenv(const_cast<char*>(varmap[name].c_str())) == 0;
#else
#error No environment-setting function has been defined.
#endif
return false;
}
bool setEnv(string const & name, string const & value)
{
// CHECK Look at and fix this.
// f.ex. what about error checking?
string const encoded = to_local8bit(from_utf8(value));
#if defined (HAVE_SETENV)
return ::setenv(name.c_str(), encoded.c_str(), 1) == 0;
#elif defined (HAVE_PUTENV)
static map<string, string> varmap;
varmap[name] = name + '=' + encoded;
return ::putenv(const_cast<char*>(varmap[name].c_str())) == 0;
#else
#error No environment-setting function has been defined.
#endif
return false;
}