Use hscript to set linux variable

[Mzigaib]

I am trying to use the 'unix' hscript command to set the 'JOB' variable to my linux shell from inside Houdini but so far no success I got an 'not valid identifier' error if I do this:

unix export JOB=$JOB

I know I could use python but I am trying to use script for this one.

Any tips?

 

Thanks in advance.

Edited July 21, 2018 by Mzigaib

[Mzigaib]

Anyone?

[bonsak]

Whats the output if you run echo $JOB in the Textport?

In the hscript docs theres a setenv and a set function http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/commands/setenv.html
Have you tried that?

Edited July 22, 2018 by bonsak

[LaidlawFX]

What Bonsak said. Though you should really just do this in Python. Hscript has not been updated in many years, on it's way towards depreciation.

[Mzigaib]

I am already used to hscript for years since H9 the reason I never used python it is because I never had to hscript gives me everything I need inside H.

the 'setenv' command only set the environment inside H shell I want to be able to export it to my linux shell with hscript but I think it's not possible and for this case I think you are right python is the way to go.

I can go to the window>shell command that H opens up a shell with the variables that I need but I wanted to be able to do it without have to open another window with script.

Anyway thanks for the feedback.

[LaidlawFX]

Yeah I migrated from hscript and perl a few years ago. I still don't know why I learned perl... But pipelines are so much more immensely easier to write now. Stack overflow is my hero.

Good Luck Sir!

[lukeiamyourfather]

Setting an environment variable applies only to the existing shell process and nothing else. What are you trying to do in the bigger picture that needs this?

[Mzigaib]

I just want to send some Houdini environment to the linux shell like the $JOB or the $HIPFILE so I can do stuff in the terminal like "hbatch $HIPFILE" without the have to copy or write any lines from Houdini to the terminal, nothing fancy.

I hope that makes sense.

[symek]

You can't send env. variable back to parent process (shell) from within Houdini. It's not hscript nor Houdini limitation, it's just how system works. Env. variables are inherited by child processes (like Houdini), which means it sees the copy of it. You could start new shell process from Houdini, so that new process will inherit vars as set by you inside Houdini. 

[LaidlawFX]

My new best friend as of late. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

When you click on a process in the properties you can see the environment variables for that process and level. It shows what symek is talking about about inheritance. 

[Mzigaib]

Thanks for the info guys, it helps a lot.

The easiest way I do use the 'interchange' environment variables between Houdini and the shell is like I said before I go to window>shell and Houdini creates one for me with the environments that I need. 

PS: I am using Linux.