Question

I am trying to run a ruby script which needs root access for some of its tasks. I know that rvmsudo exists and I use it, but if I want to set up an env var such as TEST_ENV=1, it doesn’t work.

Example:

rvmsudo ruby some_script_which_requires_root_access.rb

When I debug the script and examine the ENV hash, I don’t see the TEST_ENV=1 var. I have tried exporting the var via:

export TEST_ENV=1 

and put this in .rvmrc, in .bash_profile and .bashrc for the current_user, and also in .profile and .bashrc of the root user but doesn’t work.

So my question is, where should I define or export this TEST_ENV=1 so that when I run the script with rvmsudo it is part of the ENV ruby hash?

Answer 1

you can try with:

sudo -E ruby some_script_which_requires_root_access.rb

it preserves your entire environment. so it should work as expected.