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Why can't Python read environment variables?

I am working with Django, and I am trying to set several environment variables that determine which parameters are imported.

I use the following folder hierarchy:

project_folder> app_folder> project_specific_files> settings> base.py local.py

I am using Kenneth Reitz autoenv to load environment variables. I know that it works correctly, because I can print $ echo $DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE , and I see this output:

 project_specific_files.settings.local

But when I run $django-admin.py runserver , I get:

 ImportError: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined.

Also, if I go into the python shell and try to print the env variables, I get the following:

 Python 2.7.3 (default, Dec 22 2012, 21:14:12) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os >>> print os.environ['HOME'] /home/marco >>> print os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/marco/.virtualenvs/myproject/lib/python2.7/UserDict.py", line 23, in __getitem__ raise KeyError(key) KeyError: 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'

Does anyone know what could be wrong? Thanks!

Alternatively, I can print $ django-admin.py runserver --settings='project_specific_files.settings.local and everything will work fine 0.o

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Is the environment variable exported?

Maybe the environment variable is defined in the current shell, but not marked as exported to subprocesses (python or Django interpreter).

Use bash to run: export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE

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