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utils/TaskInit.h

@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ static void InitDataA(BNOAstroBase& ab, myXML::Document& doc, bool noAtm = false
 
 static void InitDataA(BNOAstroBase& ab, std::string configFile, bool noAtm = false, bool loadPlanets = false)
 {
-	ab.SetCfgFile(configFile.c_str());
+    if (configFile == "%ASTROBASE%") {
+        const char* env_astro = std::getenv("ASTROBASE");
+        if (!strlen(env_astro)) {
+            throw (Exp() << "no env variable ASTROBASE found");
+        }
+        configFile = std::string(env_astro);
+    }
+
+    ab.SetCfgFile(configFile.c_str());
 
 	if (ab.Init(TimeGD(1, 1, 1957, 0, 0, 0, 0), TimeGD(1, 1, 2500, 0, 0, 0, 0), noAtm, loadPlanets)){
 		SetAstroBase(ab);