def update_environment(self, environment):
        """
        Updates this channel's remote shell environment.

        .. note::
            This operation is additive - i.e. the current environment is not
            reset before the given environment variables are set.

        .. warning::
            Servers may silently reject some environment variables; see the
            warning in `set_environment_variable` for details.

        :param dict environment:
            a dictionary containing the name and respective values to set
        :raises:
            `.SSHException` -- if any of the environment variables was rejected
            by the server or the channel was closed
        """
        for name, value in environment.items():
            try:
                self.set_environment_variable(name, value)
            except SSHException as e:
                err = 'Failed to set environment variable "{}".'
                raise SSHException(err.format(name), e)
Updates this channel's remote shell environment.

        .. note::
            This operation is additive - i.e. the current environment is not
            reset before the given environment variables are set.

        .. warning::
            Servers may silently reject some environment variables; see the
            warning in `set_environment_variable` for details.

        :param dict environment:
            a dictionary containing the name and respective values to set
        :raises:
            `.SSHException` -- if any of the environment variables was rejected
            by the server or the channel was closed