Exporting

Implementations must act as if they used the following algorithm to export POSIX-compliant dotenv files.

The inputs to the exporting stage are:

the associative array returned by the evaluation stage
an optional override flag

The exporting stage has no output.

Definitions

Override flag

The override flag is a boolean flag that defaults to false

Environment variable

Please refer to:

The POSIX specification.
The article on wikipedia.

Exporting algorithm

For each (key, value) pair in the associative array returned by the evaluation stage:
- if any of the following conditions holds true:
  - the override flag is true,
  - no environment variable named key is defined in the environment of the current process,
- then set the value of the environment variable named key to value