exporting.md

Exporting

Implementations must act as if they used the following algorithm to export POSIX-compliant dotenv files.

The inputs to the exporting stage are:

• the associative array returned by the evaluation stage
• an optional override flag

The exporting stage has no output.

Definitions

Override flag

The override flag is a boolean flag that defaults to false

Environment variable

Please refer to:

• The POSIX specification.
• The article on wikipedia.

Exporting algorithm

• For each (key, value) pair in the associative array returned by the evaluation stage:
  • if any of the following conditions holds true:
    • the override flag is true,
    • no environment variable named key is defined in the environment of the current process,
  • then set the value of the environment variable named key to value