# arg must be a string with the format "variable=value"
def setenv(arg):
print("[Tesh/INFO] setenv "+arg)
- t = arg.split("=")
+ t = arg.split("=", 1)
os.environ[t[0]] = t[1]
#os.putenv(t[0], t[1]) does not work
#see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17705419/python-os-environ-os-putenv-usr-bin-env