[Zope] probably a faq: access INSTANCE_HOME

[Chris McDonough]

Actually it's even easier.  It's a builtin.  You can refer to
INSTANCE_HOME anywhere in a Zope app and it will be returned.

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 17:20, Charlie Reiman wrote:
> It's just an enviornment variable, so I assume:
> 
> import os
> os.getenv('INSTANCE_HOME') 
> 
> should work for an external method.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Mark
> > McEahern
> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:06 PM
> > To: Zope Mailing List
> > Subject: [Zope] probably a faq: access INSTANCE_HOME
> > 
> > 
> > Admittedly, I spent 5 minutes searching and no joy...
> > 
> > How does one access INSTANCE_HOME in an external method?
> > 
> > The logic I need is something like this--I'm just missing the incantation
> > for my fanciful getZopeEnviron.
> > 
> > Help?
> > 
> > # a fanciful dream...
> > 
> > import os
> > 
> > def dostuff(self):
> > 
> >     location = self.getZopeEnviron("INSTANCE_HOME", None)
> >     if not location:
> >         location = self.getZopeEnviron("SOFTWARE_HOME", None)
> >     if not location:
> >         raise PukeOla("What the f---?")
> >     import_dir = os.path.join(location, "import")
> >     # Now we're cooking with fire...
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > // m
> > 
> > -> 
> 
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