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authorJan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>2019-01-20 07:15:20 +0100
committerJussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>2019-01-27 19:24:15 +0200
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run_command: add env kwarg
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@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ output = r.stdout().strip()
errortxt = r.stderr().strip()
```
+Additionally, since 0.50.0, you can pass the command [`environment`](Reference-manual.html#environment-object) object:
+
+```meson
+env = environment()
+env.set('FOO', 'bar')
+run_command('command', 'arg1', 'arg2', env: env)
+```
+
The `run_command` function returns an object that can be queried for
return value and text written to stdout and stderr. The `strip` method
call is used to strip trailing and leading whitespace from