add paths to the shell ENV PATHv0.0.10

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/addpath.go b/addpath.go
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+package env
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// this is an experiment at this point to
+// see how this turns out
+
+// adds a path to the ENV
+func AddPath(newpath string) bool {
+	path := os.Getenv("PATH")
+	for _, p := range strings.Split(path, ":") {
+		log.Info("Looking at path:", p)
+		if p == newpath {
+			log.Info("FOUND path:", p)
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	path = path + ":" + newpath
+	log.Info("ADDING PATH:", path)
+	os.Setenv("PATH", path)
+	return true
+}