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(sigil env) - Environment Variable Utilities

Provides utilities for working with environment variables, including loading from .env files.

Exports

load-env-file!procedure

Load environment variables from a .env file.

Parses the file and sets environment variables for each line. Supports standard .env format:

  • KEY=value (one per line)
  • Lines starting with # are comments
  • Values can be quoted with " or '
  • Empty lines are ignored

Does nothing if the file doesn't exist.

parse-env-lineprocedure

Parse a single .env line and set the environment variable

strip-quotesprocedure

Remove surrounding quotes from a string

getenv-defaultprocedure

Get an environment variable with a default value.

Returns the value of the environment variable, or the default if the variable is not set.

getenv-requiredprocedure

Get a required environment variable.

Returns the value of the environment variable, or raises an error if the variable is not set.