Cross platform environment paths

Question

Let say I want to set environment variable from a python script. For example PYTHONPATH.

On Windows it will be path1;path2;path3 (semicolon seperator).

On Linux it will be path1:path2:path3 (colon seperator).

Is there a cross-platform way to build the path using python?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 25 '18 at 14:32

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The os module has a variable for just this purpose:

path = os.pathsep.join(path_elements)

os.pathsep is ':' or ';' depending on where you are running.

answered Nov 25 '18 at 14:32

Ned Batchelder

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