Re: $setenv and $getenv problem

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From: xbytor
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:11

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> What's the advantage over just using simple global 
> variables?

I would only consider them useful for setting up env vars for other applications 
that you maybe invoking from ID/JS.

Beyond that, $.getenv is useful for things like $HOME, etc...

$.setenv wouldn't really serve any other purpose except when:
a) you have some code that already looks to $.getenv for info.
    and
b) that info isn't in your env vars (for some reason) so $.setenv can insert 
some defaults

That's kind of convoluted and not what I would consider good practice when 
scripting Adobe apps.

-X

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