X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/72d24b26cac507988ba6583064451b81d1854d78..79aeb557d94681fb7e55321aeee2e20df1430b30:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index c3b9b4073d..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):
@@ -38,8 +42,10 @@ def load(config_file):
             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)