Re: [Fab-user] Making env changes persistent to the current session?

[Jeff Forcier]

Hi Jorge,

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jorge Vargas <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if this is possible. I want something like this.
>
> def activate():
>    local('source env/bin/activate')

You'll need to use prefix() for this, it's in the context managers API docs:

    
http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.3.3/api/core/context_managers.html#fabric.context_managers.prefix

As for why, see this FAQ:

    
http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.3.3/faq.html#my-cd-workon-export-etc-calls-don-t-seem-to-work

Best,
Jeff

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