[Zope] probably a faq: access INSTANCE_HOME

[Charlie Reiman]

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
> 
> ->