You can set environmental variables when running a program using exec
:
cmd := exec.Command("whatever")
cmd.Env = []string{"A=B"}
cmd.Run()
If you really need source then you can run your command through bash:
cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "source " + file.Name() + " ; echo 'hi'")
cmd.Run()
Check out this library for a more full-featured workflow: https://github.com/progrium/go-basher.
Update: Here's an example that modifies the current environment:
package main
import (
"bufio"
"bytes"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"os"
"os/exec"
"strings"
)
func main() {
err := ioutil.WriteFile("example_source", []byte("export FOO=bar; echo $FOO"), 0777)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "source example_source ; echo '<<<ENVIRONMENT>>>' ; env")
bs, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln(err)
}
s := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(bs))
start := false
for s.Scan() {
if s.Text() == "<<<ENVIRONMENT>>>" {
start = true
} else if start {
kv := strings.SplitN(s.Text(), "=", 2)
if len(kv) == 2 {
os.Setenv(kv[0], kv[1])
}
}
}
}
log.Println(os.Getenv("FOO"))