X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/5dd1249f3ec74643957202977f92e42be78f65d8..972974d7f305426854ad6c2e271c33730905dee1:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index e205e9239a..ea45a48813 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import os
 import re
 
 _settings = None
-default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+if os.environ.get('HOME') != None:
+    default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+else:
+    default_config_file = ''
 
 EMPTY_BLOCK_LOCATOR = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e+0'
 
@@ -25,6 +28,9 @@ def initialize(config_file=default_config_file):
         if var.startswith('ARVADOS_'):
             _settings[var] = os.environ[var]
 
+def flag_is_true(key):
+    return get(key, '').lower() in set(['1', 't', 'true', 'y', 'yes'])
+
 def get(key, default_val=None):
     return settings().get(key, default_val)