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Article #14487Re: environment variables from within Java
From: Ricardo
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:00
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On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:03:34 -0400, "Kevin D" <kevind@saccapital.com>
wrote:
>Maybe this may have been addressed already but I can't find it.
>
>Is it possible to access the environment variables from within Java?
>Win NT, Win 95 or Unix
>
>If not, is the -D runtime parameter the work-around?
>
>Thanks for your assistance.
You can use the method getenv of System class. It's now
deprecated by Java 1.2, but jbuilder still support it.
It's a static method, so you can use it without declaring a
object of System class.
Here is a example:
str = System.getenv("PATH");
Ricardo Engel
e-mail: engel@linuxbr.com.br
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