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authorDaniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>2019-07-11 13:39:31 -0400
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Add glob parsing for --env flag
Sometimes you want to add a few environmen variables based on the last field being a "*". Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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@@ -252,7 +252,9 @@ You need to specify multi option commands in the form of a json string.
Set environment variables
-This option allows you to specify arbitrary environment variables that are available for the process that will be launched inside of the container. If you specify a environment variable without a value, podman will check the host environment for a value or set the environment to "". See **Environment** note below for precedence.
+This option allows you to specify arbitrary environment variables that are available for the process that will be launched inside of the container. If you specify a environment variable without a value, podman will check the host environment for a value or set the environment to "". If you specify a environment variable ending in --*--, podman will search the host environment for variables starting with the prefix and add them to the container. If you want to add an environment variable with a ***** following it, then you need to set a value.
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+See **Environment** note below for precedence.
**--env-host**=*true|false*
@@ -1189,17 +1191,17 @@ required for VPN, without it containers need to be run with the --net=host flag.
## ENVIRONMENT
-Environment variables within containers can be set using multiple different options: This section describes the presidence.
+Environment variables within containers can be set using multiple different options: This section describes the precedence.
-Presidence Order:
+Precedence Order:
**--env-host** : Host environment of the process executing podman is added.
- Container image : Any enviroment variables specified in the contianer image.
+ Container image : Any enviroment variables specified in the container image.
- **--env-file** : Any environment variables specfied via env-files. If multiple files specified, then they override each other in order of entry.
+ **--env-file** : Any environment variables specified via env-files. If multiple files specified, then they override each other in order of entry.
- **--env** : Any environment variables specified will overide previous settings.
+ **--env** : Any environment variables specified will override previous settings.
## FILES