X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/6038a018b758e1a4babc5669df50622cd470df2f..c2c38069d28fc68dea6e1b2cb0d5f4f36e1ef03f:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index e205e9239a..2b8374afb5 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ 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)