Environment variables should be passed in as Java properties.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Pesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:09
Subject: Re: how to get user environment variable in linux
>Ravi Prakash schrieb:
>
>> I have to capture the value of the user environment variable and
>> manipulate the value of AA in the swing programs.
>>
>> I am trying to use System.getProperty("AA"); it is returning null bcos
>> it give only the information for system variable not user defined
>> variable
>
>I though, that environment variables where considered
>as legacy in JDK 1.1. Quoting from
>
>java.lang.System#getenv(String name)
>
>Deprecated. The preferred way to extract system-dependent information is
>the system properties of the java.lang.System.getProperty methods
>and the corresponding getTypeName methods of the Boolean, Integer, and
>Long primitive types. For example:
>
>String classPath = System.getProperty("java.class.path",".");
>
>if (Boolean.getBoolean("myapp.exper.mode"))
> enableExpertCommands();
>
>-----
>
>Anyway, there is no method to set environment variables. What you'll
>have to do is calling an external programm or creating a native library
>which reads and writes the environment variables for you.
>
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