On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 00:13 +0200, Peter Meerwald wrote: > patch 4 implements a new .ifenv CLI meta command I found useful: executes commands > only when an environment variable exists (optionally with a certain value) Can you elaborate, what problem you solve with environment variables? Is there no reasonable alternative? Here is someone else's attempt at explaining why environment variables are not nice: http://peterlyons.com/problog/2010/02/environment-variables-considered-harmful -- Tanu