Define Environment Variable Values Using An Init Container — Env file syntax
The env file format used by Kubernetes is a well-defined subset of the environment variable semantics for POSIX-compliant bash.
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The env file format used by Kubernetes is a well-defined subset of the environment variable semantics for POSIX-compliant bash. Any env file supported by Kubernetes will produce the same environment variables as when interpreted by a POSIX-compliant bash. However, POSIX-compliant bash supports some additional formats that Kubernetes does not accept.
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