X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/143bbe8d10d826b05357a531de6aa2a14f4cffb9..c8aa6553fd4af8be3ca9b1d9d9d660750cd59d1b:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index 211e6f5563..8f2b2654ad 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ import os
 import re
 
 _settings = None
-default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+if os.environ.get('HOME') is not None:
+    default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+else:
+    default_config_file = ''
 
+KEEP_BLOCK_SIZE = 2**26
 EMPTY_BLOCK_LOCATOR = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e+0'
 
 def initialize(config_file=default_config_file):
@@ -30,14 +34,18 @@ def load(config_file):
     cfg = {}
     with open(config_file, "r") as f:
         for config_line in f:
+            if re.match('^\s*$', config_line):
+                continue
             if re.match('^\s*#', config_line):
                 continue
             var, val = config_line.rstrip().split('=', 2)
             cfg[var] = val
     return cfg
 
-def flag_is_true(key):
-    return get(key, '').lower() in set(['1', 't', 'true', 'y', 'yes'])
+def flag_is_true(key, d=None):
+    if d is None:
+        d = settings()
+    return d.get(key, '').lower() in set(['1', 't', 'true', 'y', 'yes'])
 
 def get(key, default_val=None):
     return settings().get(key, default_val)