bash - Python: can't access newly defined environment variables

Question

I can't access my env var:

import subprocess, os
print os.environ.get('PATH') # Works well
print os.environ.get('BONSAI') # doesn't work

But the env var is well added in my /home/me/.bashrc:

BONSAI=/home/me/Utils/bonsai_v3.2
export BONSAI

And I can access this env var from a new terminal.

Answer 1

After updating your .bashrc, perform source ~/.bashrc to apply the changes.

Also, merge the two BONSAI-related calls into one:

export BONSAI=/home/me/Utils/bonsai_v3.2

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UPDATE: It was actually an attempt to update the environment for some Eclipse-based IDE. This is a different usecase altogether. It should be described in the Eclipse help. Also, a similar question was answered here.