[mod_python] how to set environment for shell

Sells, Fred wrote:
> Note that I use Apache 2.x and python 2.3 and mod_python 3.1.3 on  linux.
> Upgrading mod_python is possible if required.
>
> I need to run fop.sh as a shell command.  It needs the environment variable
> JAVA_HOME.  When I run fop.sh from the command line all is good,  when I run
> the same command using os.popen("..../fop.sh ......") the JAVA_HOME
> environment variable is not defined.
>
> I even tried os.putenv("JAVA_HOME", '/usr/java/java') and it was still
> undefined in the fop.sh.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction, so far I'm just going in
> circles.
>   

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_env.html

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