Environment variables#

This chapter lists the environment variables that rez generates in certain circumstances, as well as environment variables that you can set which affect the operation of rez.

Context Environment Variables#

These are variables that rez generates within a resolved environment (a “context”).

REZ_RXT_FILE#: Filepath of the current context (an rxt file).

See also

Documentation on contexts.

REZ_USED#: Path to rez installation that was used to resolve this environment.

REZ_USED_IMPLICIT_PACKAGES#: The list of implicit packages used in the resolve.

REZ_USED_PACKAGES_PATH#: The package search-path used for this resolve.

REZ_USED_RESOLVE#: The list of resolved packages, eg platform-linux utils-1.2.3.

REZ_USED_EPH_RESOLVE#: The list of resolved ephemerals, eg .foo.cli-1 .debugging-0.

REZ_USED_LOCAL_RESOLVE#: The list of resolved local packages, eg utils-1.2.3 maya_utils-1.3+. Packages listed here will always be a subset of the packages in REZ_USED_RESOLVE.

REZ_USED_REQUEST#: The environment request string, eg maya-2017 maya_utils-1.3+. Does not include implicit packages.

REZ_USED_REQUESTED_TIMESTAMP#: The epoch time of this resolved environment, explicitly set by the user with (for example) the rez-env --time flag; zero otherwise.

REZ_USED_TIMESTAMP#: The epoch time when this environment was resolved; OR, the value of REZ_USED_REQUESTED_TIMESTAMP, if non-zero.

REZ_USED_VERSION#: The version of rez used to resolve this environment.

REZ_SHELL_INIT_TIMESTAMP#: The epoch time when the current shell was instantiated.

REZ_SHELL_INTERACTIVE#: Will be 1 if the shell is interactive, and 0 otherwise (ie, when a command is specified, like rez-env foo -- mycommand).

REZ_CONTEXT_FILE#: Filepath of the current context’s shell code that is the result of all the resolved packages commands()’s sections.

Package environment variables#

Specifically, per-package, the following variables are generated. Note that for a given package name, (PKG) in the variables below is the uppercased package name, with any dots replaced with underscore.

REZ_(PKG)_BASE#: The base directory of the package installation, eg /packages/utils/1.0.0.

REZ_(PKG)_ROOT#: The root directory of the package installation (actually,the variant), eg /packages/utils/1.0.0/python-2.7.

REZ_(PKG)_VERSION#: The version of the package.

REZ_(PKG)_MAJOR_VERSION#: The major version of the package, or an empty string.

REZ_(PKG)_MINOR_VERSION#: The minor version of the package, or an empty string.

REZ_(PKG)_PATCH_VERSION#: The patch version of the package, or an emopty string.

Ephemeral packages environment variables#

For every ephemeral package request, the following variables are generated. Note that for a given ephemeral package name, (PKG) in the variables below is the uppercased package name, with dots replaced by underscore, and the leading dot removed:

REZ_EPH_(PKG)_REQUEST#: The resolved ephemeral package request.

Build Environment Variables#

These are variables that rez generates within a build environment, in addition to those listed here.

REZ_BUILD_ENV#: Always present in a build, has value 1.

REZ_BUILD_INSTALL#: Has a value of 1 if an installation is taking place (either a rez-build -i or rez-release), otherwise 0.

REZ_BUILD_INSTALL_PATH#: Installation path, if an install is taking place.

REZ_BUILD_PATH#: Path where build output goes.

REZ_BUILD_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION#: Equal to the description attribute of the package being built.

REZ_BUILD_PROJECT_FILE#: The filepath of the package being built (typically a package.py file).

REZ_BUILD_PROJECT_NAME#: Name of the package being built.

REZ_BUILD_PROJECT_VERSION#: Version of the package being built.

REZ_BUILD_REQUIRES#: Space-separated list of requirements for the build - comes from the current package’s requires, build_requires and private_build_requires attributes, including the current variant’s requirements.

REZ_BUILD_REQUIRES_UNVERSIONED#: Equivalent but unversioned list to REZ_BUILD_REQUIRES.

REZ_BUILD_SOURCE_PATH#: Path containing the package.py file.

REZ_BUILD_THREAD_COUNT: Number of threads being used for the build.

See also

The build_thread_count setting.

REZ_BUILD_TYPE#: One of local or central. Value is central if a release is occurring.

REZ_BUILD_VARIANT_INDEX#: Zero-based index of the variant currently being built. For non-varianted packages, this is 0.

REZ_BUILD_VARIANT_REQUIRES#: Space-separated list of runtime requirements of the current variant. This does not include the common requirements as found in REZ_BUILD_REQUIRES. For non-varianted builds, this is an empty string.

REZ_BUILD_VARIANT_SUBPATH#: Subdirectory containing the current variant. For non-varianted builds, this is an empty string.

__PARSE_ARG_XXX#: See also

Passing Arguments

Runtime Environment Variables#

These are environment variables that the user can set, which affect the operation of rez.

REZ_CONFIG_FILE#: Path to a rez configuration file.

REZ_XXX#: For any given rez config entry (see rezconfig.py), you can override the setting with an environment variable, for convenience. Here, XXX is the uppercased equivalent of the setting name. For example, a setting commonly overriden this way is packages_path, whos equivalent variable is REZ_PACKAGES_PATH.

Hint

Each setting documented in Configuration Settings documents their environment variable.

REZ_XXX_JSON#: Same as REZ_XXX, except that the format is a JSON string. This means that some more complex settings can be overridden, that aren’t supported in the non-JSON case (package_filter is an example).

REZ_DISABLE_HOME_CONFIG#: If 1/t/true, the default ~/.rezconfig.py config file is skipped.

EDITOR#: On Linux and OSX systems, this will set the default editor to use if and when rez requires one (an example is on release if the prompt_release_message config setting is true).

REZ_KEEP_TMPDIRS#: If set to a non-empty string, this prevents rez from cleaning up any temporary directories. This is for debugging purposes.

REZ_SIGUSR1_ACTION#: If you set this to print_stack, rez will prints its current stacktrace to stdout if sent a USR1 signal. This is for debugging purposes.

REZ_ENV_PROMPT#: See the set_prompt and prefix_prompt settings.